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Commonwealth Games: policy
Catalogue reference: PF 138/34
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This record is about the Commonwealth Games: policy dating from 2001 Jan 1 - 2001 Dec 31 in the series Department of Culture, Media and Sport: Sport and Recreation Division: Commonwealth.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PF 138/34
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2001 Jan 1 - 2001 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Commonwealth Games: policy
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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)
- CGA 1 PART 3
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open on Transfer
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Sports
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18760882/
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PF 138
Department of Culture, Media and Sport: Sport and Recreation Division: Commonwealth...
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