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Catalogue description Public Record Office: Schedules of Places of Deposit Appointed by the Lord Chancellor under the Public Records Act 1958 S.4(1)
| Reference: | PRO 59 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Public Record Office: Schedules of Places of Deposit Appointed by the Lord Chancellor under the Public Records Act 1958 S.4(1) |
| Description: |
A record set (copied from Public Record Office files) of schedules of authorities approved by the Lord Chancellor as custodians of public records to be stored outside the Public Record Office. The schedules list authorities accepting custodial responsibility for the records, the places of deposit, and the series of records involved. |
| Date: | 1960-1973 |
| Arrangement: |
The schedules are mostly undated; the years shown in the date column of the list are those in which the schedules were approved, based on associated correspondence on Public Record Office files. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Lord Chancellor, 1069- |
| Physical description: | 42 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Section 4(1) of the Public Records Act 1958 empowers the Lord Chancellor to appoint places outside the Public Record Office as places of deposit for public records. To enable exercise of these powers, details of places known to contain, or applying to receive, public records were assembled by the Public Record Office, from questionnaires completed by the applicants and, later, from visits to assess the suitability of facilities available for the safekeeping, preservation and inspection of the records. These details formed the basis of draft schedules of places to be appointed between 1960 and 1973. |
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