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Board of Trade and Department of Trade and Industry: Telecommunications Directorate,...
Catalogue reference: BT 370
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BT 370
This series provides a representative picture of the functions and work of the Telecommunications Directorate, Air Traffic Services branch relating to its responsibility for civil aviation telecommunications policy and its implementation in the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 370
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade and Department of Trade and Industry: Telecommunications Directorate, Air Traffic Services Branch: Registered Files (ATS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1969-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series provides a representative picture of the functions and work of the Telecommunications Directorate, Air Traffic Services branch relating to its responsibility for civil aviation telecommunications policy and its implementation in the UK including the provision, operation and efficiency of landing radio and radar facilities of all kinds.
The records also reflect the directorate's role in testing technical communications equipment. Of particular interest will be files concerning controller / pilot error in airmiss incidents in UK airspace.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Registered file order by transfer.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For files of the Civil Aviation Authority Telecommunications Directorate (TELS and FD Series) see DR 39
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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)
- ATS 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)
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- Board of Trade, Telecommunications Directorate (Air Traffic Services), 1969-1970
- Department of Trade and Industry, Telecommunications Directorate (Air Traffic Services), 1970-1972
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Department of the Environment in 1972, the Department of Transport in 1976 and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1969-1972
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Policy files have been selected.
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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 Telecommunications Directorate, Air Traffic Services branch was mainly responsible for civil aviation telecommunications policy and its implementation in the UK. The directorate also played an important liaison role involving delegate participation with the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the Committee for European Airspace Co-ordination to which it gave technical assistance and advice. In 1972 the functions of the directorate were transferred to the newly created Civil Aviation Authority.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14923/
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Board of Trade and Department of Trade and Industry: Telecommunications Directorate, Air Traffic Services Branch: Registered Files (ATS Series)
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