Series
Lord Chancellor's Office: Committee on The Age of Majority
Catalogue reference: LCO 17
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LCO 17
This series consists of a selection of files of the Committee on The Age of Majority containing agenda and minutes of meetings, working papers, correspondence, evidence including a survey by National Opinion Polls on the age of majority, and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LCO 17
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Chancellor's Office: Committee on The Age of Majority
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Date (When the record was created)
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1965-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of a selection of files of the Committee on The Age of Majority containing agenda and minutes of meetings, working papers, correspondence, evidence including a survey by National Opinion Polls on the age of majority, and material used in draft reports.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Committee on The Age of Majority, 1965-1967
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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25 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Committee on the Age of Majority was appointed by the Lord Chancellor in July 1965 under the chairmanship of The Right Honourable Mr. Justice Latey. Its terms of reference were to consider the minimum age at which young people should be able to marry; to marry without consent; to own and dispose of property, and to make binding contracts; and at what age they should be no longer liable to be made Wards of Court. The report of the committee, was published in July 1967 (Cmnd 3342).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10255/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: LCO
Records of the Lord Chancellor's Office and of various legal commissions and committees
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Lord Chancellor's Office: Committee on The Age of Majority