Series
Lord Advocate's Department: Pre Devolution Papers: Registered Files (LAD Prefix)
Catalogue reference: LO 10
What's it about?
LO 10
This series contains files relating to advice from the Lord Advocate's Department to other government departments
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LO 10
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Advocate's Department: Pre Devolution Papers: Registered Files (LAD Prefix)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1937-1999
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files relating to advice from the Lord Advocate's Department to other government departments
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Generally arranged by former reference
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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)
- LAD
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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)
- Lord Advocate's Department, 1999-2022
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 file(s)
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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 2022 Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
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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 Lord Advocate is the Chief Scottish Law Officer and headed up the Lord Advocate Department. His office's functions in relation to matters reserved to the Westminster Parliament were transferred to the Office of the Advocate General on 1 July 1999 (the date devolution under the Scotland Act 1998 took effect).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17585356/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: LO
Records created or inherited by the Law Officers' Department
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Lord Advocate's Department: Pre Devolution Papers: Registered Files (LAD Prefix)