Records of the National Ports Council

Description and record details

Reference	DK
Title	Records of the National Ports Council
Date	1963-1981
Description	Records of the National Ports Council, created in 1964 to oversee and advise on harbour matters will be found in DK 1
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status	Not Public Record(s)
Language	English
Creator	National Ports Council, 1964-1981
Physical description	1 series
Access conditions	No records held at The National Archives in this departmental code
Immediate source of acquisition	from 1983 to 1991 Department of Transport
Administrative/ biographical background	The National Ports Council was created under the Harbours Act 1964, although it was initially appointed as a non-statutory body by the Minister of Transport in July 1963. The council was funded mainly from a levy on harbour authorities and its function was to report to the Secretary of State for Transport on matters relating to harbour development, regulation and administration. Though its role was essentially an advisory one, the council had specific powers in relation to harbour organisation and the constitution of harbour authorities and was empowered to sponsor research, training and education in the ports industry. On December 12 1977, the Secretary of State for Transport announced his view that the Council could achieve no further improvements in the efficiency of the country's ports. As a result, the council was finally wound up in November 1981 under the Transport Act ot that year.

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