Catalogue description Ministry of Defence: Ministry of Defence Headquarters and Joint Service Command: Publications

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Details of DEFE 73
Reference: DEFE 73
Title: Ministry of Defence: Ministry of Defence Headquarters and Joint Service Command: Publications
Description:

This series contains a selection from a range of internally disseminated instructions, regulations, notices and guidance for Service and civilian personnel, those working in the Ministry of Defence and its agencies and also those in Service Commands and establishments.

  • MOD Manuals: administrative guidance and regulations issued to staff in MOD Headquarters
  • Joint Service Publications (JSP): a series of instructional and regulatory guidance superseding both MOD Manuals and numerous single-Service publications and covering a wide variety of subjects, both administrative and technical
  • Defence Council Instructions (DCI) Civilian: applicable to MOD civilian units and staff
  • DCI Joint Service: applicable to units and personnel of all three Services
  • DCI General: applicable to units and personnel both civilian and Service
  • MOD Personnel Instructions: in 1996 these replaced Defence Council Instructions Civilian and Civilian Management Circulars
Date: 1962-2000
Related material:

Air Publications AIR 10

Ministry of Aviation Publications AVIA 70

Defence Council Instructions (Royal Navy) DEFE 45

Defence Council Instructions (Army) DEFE 46

War Office Memoranda WO 33

War Office Confidential Print WO 279

Admiralty Fleet Orders ADM 182

Admiralty Publications ADM 186

Air Publications (Naval) ADM 264

Army Council Instructions WO 293

Civilian Staff Orders and Office Instructions WO 381

Defence Council Instructions (Royal Air Force) Subseries within AIR 72
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Joint Warfare Establishment, 1963-

Ministry of Defence, Defence Council, 1964-
Physical description: 114 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2004 Ministry of Defence
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background: A Defence Council Instruction (DCI) or present day Defence Instruction Notice(DIN) is an official document that tells people in the Services or MOD aboutimportant instructions, guidance or other information that they need to know todo their job properly, or might want to know to do their job better' Under thepost 1964 system DCIs were issued separately for each service but were alldivided into parts as below . Part I Administrative and General . Part IIService Personnel . Part III Training and Operational . Part IV Stores,Equipment and Servicing . Part IV Stores, Equipment and Servicing . Part VBooks, Stationery and Correspondence . Part VI Civilian Personnel . Part VIIConfidential . Part VIII Miscellaneous This series concentrated on thoseinstructions that were directed at Joint Service Command or for CivilianMatters

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