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Series
Lord Chancellor's Department: Immigration Appellate Authorities: Case Files
Catalogue reference: LCO 42
What's it about?
LCO 42
This series contains specimen case files of the Immigration Appellate Authorities.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LCO 42
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Chancellor's Department: Immigration Appellate Authorities: Case Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1971-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains specimen case files of the Immigration Appellate Authorities.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Generally arranged in chronological order but some years are out of sequence.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 875 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to closure for periods up to 75 years
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Many of the files contain photographs and original x-rays.
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Migration
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10280/
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