Series
Advisory Council on Public Records
Catalogue reference: PRO 42
What's it about?
PRO 42
This series consists of the selected files of the Secretary of the Advisory Council on Public Records relating to its responsibility for advising the lord chancellor on matters relating to public records.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 42
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Title (The name of the record)
- Advisory Council on Public Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1959-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the selected files of the Secretary of the Advisory Council on Public Records relating to its responsibility for advising the lord chancellor on matters relating to public records.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former file reference
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Advisory Council on Public Records, 1959-2003
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 152 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1995 Public Record Office
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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 Advisory Council on Public Records was first appointed by the Lord Chancellor on 22nd January 1959 pursuant to the Public Records Act, 1958 (6 and 7 Eliz 2 Ch 51), s 1(2). Under the chairmanship of the Master of the Rolls its responsibility was to advise the Lord Chancellor on matters concerning public records in general and in particular, on those aspects of the work of the Public Record Office which affect members of the public who make use of the facilities provided by the Public Record Office. The council was a Public Record Office responsibility until 1 April 1992 when the Public Record Office became an executive agency. The post was thereafter filled by the Lord Chancellor's Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12081/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Advisory Council on Public Records