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Catalogue description Transport Ministries: Road Transport (RF Series) Files
| Reference: | MT 174 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Transport Ministries: Road Transport (RF Series) Files |
| Description: |
The records contain files demonstrating precedent on European Community road haulage policy, bilateral agreements, permits and quotas and files on goods vehicle operators' licensing and enforcement (tachographs, drivers hours and record rules). Some RT files pre-dating 1971 have been re-registered into the RF file series. RT series files are located in MT 97 |
| Date: | 1964-2007 |
| Arrangement: |
Former reference order by each transfer |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | RF file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English and Miscellaneous |
| Creator: |
Department of the Environment, Road Freight Division, 1971-1983 |
| Physical description: | 229 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2000 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions |
| Custodial history: | Transferred to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997. |
| Accumulation dates: | 1971-1983 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Policy, precedent files and road haulage agreements with European Community states have been selected. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Road Freight Division was established after the cessation of the Road Transport Division in 1971. It was responsible for the goods vehicle licensing system, heavy goods vehicle testing and plating; drivers hours and record rules; policy on and co-ordination of non-technical enforcement; international bilateral road haulage agreements and European Economic Community road haulage matters |
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