Series
Home Office: Summer Time and Calendars (TIM Symbol Series) Files
Catalogue reference: HO 380
What's it about?
HO 380
Files from the Home Office TIM file series relating to the temporary alteration of the statutory period provided by the Summer Time Act 1947.The files deal mainly with the role of the Home Office in conjunction with 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)
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HO 380
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Summer Time and Calendars (TIM Symbol Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1959-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files from the Home Office TIM file series relating to the temporary alteration of the statutory period provided by the Summer Time Act 1947.
The files deal mainly with the role of the Home Office in conjunction with other government departments in the enforcement of summer time as fixed by the Summer Time Acts 1922, 1925 and 1947; and with the drafting of the Summer Time Order 1964 and proposals to make the changes permanent..
Initially E1 Division of the Home Office was responsible for and contributed to these files; responsibility was later passed to A1 Division.
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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)
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TIM Symbol file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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24 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1996 Home Office
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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 Summer Time Act 1947 was passed during a serious fuel crisis and set a statutory summertime period.
In 1964 the Summer Time Order was passed to provide for an extension of the summertime period by four weeks in the spring and three weeks in the autumn. The Order remained in operation until the end of 1967.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9244/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: HO
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Home Office: Summer Time and Calendars (TIM Symbol Series) Files