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Department of the Environment: Directorate of Construction Industries, Building Regulations...
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| Reference | AT 49 |
|---|---|
| Title | Department of the Environment: Directorate of Construction Industries, Building Regulations Administrative Division: Registered Files (BRA Series) |
| Date | 1961-2002 |
| Description | This series consists of registered files of the Building Regulations Administrative Division. The files deal with legislation and regulations in the field of building regulation and control, including fire prevention, proposed new building control legislation on accidents resulting from demolition of buildings; ventilation and design of buildings and appliances, and the design of public conveniences for disabled. The role of the Agrément Board in building regulations is also included. The series includes some earlier files which were re-registered into the BRA series files from the H8 series: HLG 118 Includes files re-registered from RB file series in WORK 75 |
| Arrangement | The files in this series have been transferred in more than one batch. They are arranged in previous reference order within each accession. |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department | BRA file series |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Physical description | 221 file(s) |
| Access conditions | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
From 1996 Department of the Environment |
| Accumulation dates | 1973 |
| Accruals | Series is accruing |
| Selection and destruction information | Routine casework files have been destroyed. |
| Administrative/ biographical background | The Public Health Act 1961 introduced national building regulations and responsibility for these passed to the Ministry of Public Building and Works in 1964. In 1966 responsibility transferred to Housing Division H8 in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government; and then in 1973 to the Building Regulations Administrative Division, within the Department of the Environment. |
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