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Advisory Committee on the Animals (Restriction of Importation) Act 1964: Agenda,...
Catalogue reference: ED 258
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ED 258
Agendas, minutes and papers of the Advisory Committee on the (Restriction of Importation) Animals Act 1964 relating to the restrictions on the import of rare animals.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ED 258
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Title (The name of the record)
- Advisory Committee on the Animals (Restriction of Importation) Act 1964: Agenda, Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1967-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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Agendas, minutes and papers of the Advisory Committee on the (Restriction of Importation) Animals Act 1964 relating to the restrictions on the import of rare animals.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Earlier papers of the Committee have not survived as part of the Department of Education and Science Committees Branch set.
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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)
- Department of Education and Science, Advisory Committee on the Animals (Restriction of Importation) Act 1964, 1964-1973
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 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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In 1999 Department for Education and Employment
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Department for Education in 1992 and to the Department for Education and Employment in 1995. Papers later than 1973 have passed to the Department of Trade and Industry.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is possibly 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 Animals (Restriction of Importation) Act 1964 was the British response to Resolution No14 of the 7th General Assembly of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature which called upon all governments to restrict the importation of rare animals to support the efforts of the countries of origin to preserve animals in danger of extinction.
The import of rare animals was to be controlled by the issue of import licences by the Board of Trade with the enforcement of the provisions of the Act the responsibility of HM Customs and Excise.
The advisory committee was set up under the Act by the Secretary of State for Education and Science to provide the Board of Trade, HM Customs and Excise and later the Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland, responsible for controlling the licensing of animals imported into Northern Ireland, with specialist advice.
The advisory committee dealt with aspects of live animal imports and had some responsibility for quality assurance in the way they were kept after import, both in zoos and similar institutions.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7057/
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