Series
The Legal Aid Board: Committee Papers
Catalogue reference: FR 10
What's it about?
FR 10
These records comprise the agendas and minutes of the Legal Aid Board Committee.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FR 10
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Title (The name of the record)
- The Legal Aid Board: Committee Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1989-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records comprise the agendas and minutes of the Legal Aid Board Committee.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Files are arranged chronologically and then numerically. For example, the Legal Aid Board for 1988 has the prefix code LAB/88. Papers within this file for the January 1988 meeting are labelled LAB/88/01. Agenda items on the papers and as they appear in the corresponding minutes are in numerical order. A new file would be opened for each new year: e.g. 1989 file uses the LAB/89 prefix.
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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)
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- Legal Aid Board, 1989-2000
- Lord Chancellor's Department, Shadow Legal Aid Board, 1988-1989
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 271 file(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Certain files subject to Legal Aid Act 1988, s.38
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2005 Legal Services Commission
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The records were created and stored by the Lord Chancellor's Department Shadow Legal Aid Board from 1988 until April 1989, whereupon they were passed to the Legal Aid Board. The records remained in the latter body's custody until April 2000 when they were passed to Legal Services Commission.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- January 1988 to 31 March 2000
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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)
- Selection of these records was made according to TNA Appraisal Policy s.2.1.4 - Policy and administrative processes of the state: administration of justice.
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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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Various Legal Aid Board departments created and submitted papers for consideration by the Legal Aid Board Committee. The functions of the committee were similar to the board itself: to ensure that its activities were commensurate with the principles of the Legal Aid Act 1988 and to ensure that advice, assistance and representation are available in accordance with this Act and in administering the Act. The meetings took place every month.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16270/
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The Legal Aid Board: Committee Papers