Catalogue description Ministry of Transport and successors, Driving and Motor Licences Branch: Registered Files

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Reference: MT 103
Title: Ministry of Transport and successors, Driving and Motor Licences Branch: Registered Files
Description:

This series contains the registered files of the Driving and Motor Licences Branch of the Ministry of Transport and its successors. The files relate to cars, motorcycles, hovercraft, heavy goods vehicles and bicycles, and include papers concerning vehicle registration and licensing, vehicle excise, driving instruction, driving tests, vehicle insurance, driver behaviour, the international circulation of traffic, and driving licensing, including health requirements.
Date: 1915-1987
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: DML Series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of the Environment, Centralised Licensing Directorate, 1970-1972

Ministry of Transport, Road Safety and Vehicle Registration Group, 1959-1962

Ministry of Transport, Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Group, 1964-1970

Ministry of Transport, Vehicle Registration Group, Driving and Motor Licences Branch, 1962-1964
Physical description: 726 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1983 Department of Transport
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Driving and Motor Licences Branch, established in 1962 as part of the Vehicle Registration Group, was responsible for the administration of the Road Traffic Acts in so far as they relate to motor insurance, driving and traffic examiners; for the administration of registration, licensing and taxation of vehicles under the Vehicles (Excise) Acts and for the administration of regulations concerned with the international circulation of vehicles.

The division later became responsible for the creation and maintenance of the Register of Approved Driving Instructors.

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