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Coastguard Agency

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Date: 1994-1998
History: On 1 April 1994 HM Coastguard Service, formerly the responsibility of the Department of Transport, was renamed the Coastguard Agency and acquired executive agency status. It is responsible for the initiation and co-ordination of civil maritime search and rescue within the United Kingdom Search and Rescue Region and for discharging the UK government's responsibility for dealing with major spillages of oil and other hazardous substances from ships at sea. In April 1998 the Coastguard Agency merged with the Marine Safety Agency to form the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
References: Whitakers; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C283819
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1994-2004: Records of the Coastguard Agency
Related record creators
  Record creator Description of relationship Dates Category of relationship
1
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
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