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Series
Public Record Office: Lord Chancellor's Instruments: Retention by Department under...
Catalogue reference: PRO 70
What's it about?
PRO 70
This series contains original instruments signed by the Lord Chancellor prescribing retention of public records under section 3(4) of the Public Record Act 1958 .
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 70
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Lord Chancellor's Instruments: Retention by Department under Public Records Act 1958
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1982-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original instruments signed by the Lord Chancellor prescribing retention of public records under section 3(4) of the Public Record Act 1958 .
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Instrument order
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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)
- Public Record Office, 1838-2003
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 69 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 2000 Public Record Office
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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
- Archives and libraries
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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/C15009/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
96,788 records
Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Public Record Office: Lord Chancellor's Instruments: Retention by Department under Public Records Act 1958
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