Catalogue description Records of the Transport Advisory Council

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Reference: Division within MT
Title: Records of the Transport Advisory Council
Description:

Records of the Transport Advisory Council, established in 1933 as an advisory body to the Minister of Transport, documents the work of the council and its various committees, and include:

Council minutes and reports in MT 43
Date: 1934-1944
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Transport Advisory Council, 1933-1947
Physical description: 1 series
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 1967 Ministry of Transport
Administrative / biographical background:

An advisory council on transport was recommended by the Final Report of the Royal Commission on Transport in 1930. The Transport Advisory Council was set up by the Road and Rail Traffic Act of 1933.

Its purpose was to give advice and assistance to the Minister of Transport in connection with all matters relating to the means of and facilities for transport and their co-ordination, improvement and development.

The Council was abolished by the Transport Act of 1947 and a Central Transport Consultative Committee was established in its place.

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