Appendix 2: Exercise of delegated powers
The Lord Chancellor has delegated the following powers, conferred on him by the
Public Records Act 1958, to the Chief Executive of The National Archives and his
staff.
1. The giving of approval for the transfer of public records, in either direction,
between The National Archives and places of deposit, as well as transfers between
places of deposit is made under s. 4(3) of the Public Records Act 1958.
Reference
2014-04
Class of public
record
Foreign &
Commonwealth
Office
Transferred from
Transferred to
The National
Archives
Cadbury Research
Library, University
of Birmingham
Staffordshire and
Stoke-on-Trent
Archive Service:
Staffordshire
County Record
Office
Wolverhampton
Archives and Local
Studies
Private Office
Papers of First Earl
of Avon
2014-05
FO 800/750-851
South Staffordshire
Stipendiary
Magistrates Court
(Ref: D992 and
D3981)
Wolverhampton
District Magistrates
Court
(Ref: D703)
Wolverhampton
Borough
Magistrates Court
(Ref: D1291)
Bilston and
Sedgeley
Magistrates Court
(Ref: 3606)
Tettenhall Division
Magistrates Court
(Ref: D3744)
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2. The appointment of places of deposit under s. 4(1).
Public records with either specific local relevance or particular specialist and
administrative requirements are held outside The National Archives in approved
places of deposit. During the year the following places of deposit were appointed:
Peterborough Archives Service (repository extension)
Imperial War Museum (strong room E19)
3. The giving of approval for the presentation of public records which have not been
selected for permanent preservation at The National Archives to other appropriate
bodies under s. 3(6).
During the year the power to approve presentations of un-selected public records
was exercised as detailed below.
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Creating Department
Presentee
Class of Records
Date
Ministry of Defence
National Institute for
Health and Care
Excellence
The Tank Museum, Bovington
Wellcome Trust
Tank Armament Research files, 1975-1991
Health Education Council, Health Education Authority
and the Health Development Agency: Files, 19682005
03/04/2014 2014-05
08/05/2014 2014-06
Ministry of Defence
The Tank Museum, Bovington
11/06/2016 2014-07
Ministry of Defence
The Tank Museum, Bovington
Atomic Weapons
Establishment
The National Trust, Orfordness
tanks and weapons systems' technical information
files, 1964-1985
Tank and weapon systems echnical information files,
1978-1987
Minutes of Mechanical Environmental Test Facilities,
Orfordness: Construction Progress Meetings
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence
Imperial War Museum
Royal Geographical Society
Operation Corporate Deployment Charts, 1982
Expedition to Elephant Island 1976-1977. File, 19691978
24/09/2014 2014-10
20/10/2014 2014-11
Ministry of Defence
The National Museum of the Royal
Navy
Files pertaining to Royal Marine uniform and
submariners' pay review, 1967-1980
24/10/2014 2014-12
Ministry of Defence
Royal Marines Museum (The
National Museum of the Royal Navy)
Royal Marines' administrative and operational files,
1965-2000
24/10/2014 2014-13
This presentation instrument [2014-14] was not used
Presentation
Instrument
14/08/2014 2014-08
28/08/2014 2014-09
2014-14
Ministry of Defence
Gwynedd Archives, Caernarfon
Record Office
RAF Llanberis: Series of records relating to onsite
facilities
04/12/2014 2014-15
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence
Bristol Record Office
Royal Logistics Corps Museum
12/01/2015 2015-01
04/02/2015 2015-02
Ministry of Defence
Fleet Air Arm Museum (National
Museum of the Royal Navy)
The Embassy of Poland
Files pertaining to the sale of Filton Airfield, Bristol
Records of service personnel deaths: Royal Army
Service Corps, 1939-1946; Army Catering Corps,
1943-1948.
Records concerning accidents to Fleet Air Arm
aircraft, 1960-2004
Records of Polish armed forces personnel, 1939-1945
Ministry of Defence
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