Catalogue description The Legal Aid Board: Committee Papers

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Reference: FR 10
Title: The Legal Aid Board: Committee Papers
Description:

These records comprise the agendas and minutes of the Legal Aid Board Committee.
Date: 1989-1997
Arrangement:

Files are arranged chronologically and then numerically. For example, the Legal Aid Board for 1988 has the prefix code LAB/88. Papers within this file for the January 1988 meeting are labelled LAB/88/01. Agenda items on the papers and as they appear in the corresponding minutes are in numerical order. A new file would be opened for each new year: e.g. 1989 file uses the LAB/89 prefix.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Legal Aid Board, 1989-2000

Lord Chancellor's Department, Shadow Legal Aid Board, 1988-1989
Physical description: 271 file(s)
Restrictions on use: Certain files subject to Legal Aid Act 1988, s.38
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2005 Legal Services Commission
Custodial history: The records were created and stored by the Lord Chancellor's Department Shadow Legal Aid Board from 1988 until April 1989, whereupon they were passed to the Legal Aid Board. The records remained in the latter body's custody until April 2000 when they were passed to Legal Services Commission.
Accumulation dates: January 1988 to 31 March 2000
Selection and destruction information: Selection of these records was made according to TNA Appraisal Policy s.2.1.4 - Policy and administrative processes of the state: administration of justice.
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Various Legal Aid Board departments created and submitted papers for consideration by the Legal Aid Board Committee. The functions of the committee were similar to the board itself: to ensure that its activities were commensurate with the principles of the Legal Aid Act 1988 and to ensure that advice, assistance and representation are available in accordance with this Act and in administering the Act. The meetings took place every month.

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