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Board of Trade and successors: Standards Department and successors: Annual Reports...

Catalogue reference: BT 184

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BT 184

These reports are selected from those submitted to the Board of Trade and its successors in 1952 and from 1957 onwards. Reports are required under weights and measures regulations which the Board of Trade and its successors are empowered to make...

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BT 184

Title
Board of Trade and successors: Standards Department and successors: Annual Reports of Local Authorities
Date

1952-1975

Description

These reports are selected from those submitted to the Board of Trade and its successors in 1952 and from 1957 onwards.

Reports are required under weights and measures regulations which the Board of Trade and its successors are empowered to make under the Weights and Measures Acts of 1904, 1963, 1979 and 1985. Each local weights and measures authority is required to report on its functions annually to the Secretary of State. The records contain statistical reports of the numbers of weighing and measuring instruments examined, numbers of premises visited, equipment submitted for tests, inspections and testing of trade equipment, staff, fees and salaries.

Arrangement
Arrangement

Alphabetically by place name

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Trade, Standard Weights and Measures Department, 1957-1966
  • Board of Trade, Standards Department, 1922-1957
  • Department of Prices and Consumer Protection, Standards, Weights and Measures Division, 1974-1976
  • Department of Trade and Industry, Standards, Weights and Measures Division, 1970-1974
Physical description

164 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Pay and pensions
Selection and destruction information

All reports prior to 1952, and those between 1953 and 1957, have been destroyed. Some reports voluntarily submitted by authorities abroad are included. Following a re-appraisal of this series in 2005 records will no longer be selected.

Administrative / biographical background

Inspectors of Weights and Measures have been appointed by local authorities under the Weights and Measures Act of 1878 and subsequent Acts.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3222/

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