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Series
Ministry of Food: Legal Department Registered Files (L Series)
Catalogue reference: MAF 150
What's it about?
MAF 150
This series contains ministerial orders on the rationing, distribution, pricing and general control of food and animal feedstuffs, also covering licensing of producers and traders. A few files on general policy and correspondence with interested...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 150
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Food: Legal Department Registered Files (L Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains ministerial orders on the rationing, distribution, pricing and general control of food and animal feedstuffs, also covering licensing of producers and traders. A few files on general policy and correspondence with interested parties are included. The papers cover with a few exceptions the years 1939 to 1955.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The series comprises of an initial deposit of 610 pieces arranged in chronological order and generally dated between 1939 and 1955 when the Ministry of Food was merged with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. A second deposit of 91 pieces made in 1985 is similarly arranged, but also includes papers dated between 1956 and 1968.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further legal records see MAF 270
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- L file series
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Food, Legal Department, 1952-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 709 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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
- Legal
- Food and drink
- Rationing
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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 Ministry of Food under a legal adviser, advised the Minister of Food on matters of constitutional, civil and criminal law. It was responsible for drafting regulations, orders and directions made by the minister under powers conferred on him by the Defence Regulations, the Food and Drugs Acts and other statutes, and for drawing up, approving and settling any licences, agreements, contracts, authorities, warrants, notices and other legal documents which were necessary for carrying out the ministry's schemes of control, the putting into effect and enforcement of its regulations and the protection of its commercial activities. The department also advised on claims by or against the ministry and, when necessary, arranged with the Treasury Solicitor for the conduct of litigation and arbitration.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10550/
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Ministry of Food: Legal Department Registered Files (L Series)
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