VPRS 7932 Index to Prescribed Premises

This series provides an index to all rental premises in metropolitan and country Victoria which were declared by the Governor-in-Council to be "prescribed premises" under provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1948 (No.5291) and subsequent Legislation.The index was created by the central administration of the Fair Rents Boards, which were responsible for determining the "fair rent" which should be paid by the lessees of prescribed premises. For a fuller explanation of this function refer to the agency registration for VA 2586, Fair Rents Boards.The Boards kept a file for each prescribed premise. This index provides the file numbers for all properties. Each time correspondence was received relating to a particular premise, and each time a Board was required to make a determination, the index card for the premise would be retrieved and a brief note about the matter made on it. In each case the date is noted along with a summary of the matter being dealt with. In some case, where the Boards administered a prescribed premise over many years, more than one file number is given. These numbers refer to files which can be found in VPRS 5409 Determination FilesSome cards also have the words "complete unit" stamped on them. It is likely that this was added to cards in the 1940's or 1950's in cases where one houseblock contained more than one dwelling and all premises on the block were, at the time the cards were annotated, prescribed.Some cards are also stamped with a star. Once again it appears that this was added to cards early in the history of the indexing system to meet an administrative need at that time. Its significance is no longer apparent.

本系列索引涵盖维多利亚州大都会及乡村地区所有由总督会同行政局依据《1948年地主与佃户法》（第5291号）及后续立法宣布为“指定房产（prescribed premises）”的租赁物业。该索引由公平租金委员会（Fair Rents Boards）的中央管理部门编制，该委员会负责核定指定房产承租人应支付的“公平租金”。如需了解该职能的详细说明，请参阅档案机构登记条目VA 2586“公平租金委员会”。委员会为每一处指定房产建立档案。本索引提供所有相关物业的档案编号。每当收到与某一房产相关的往来函件，或委员会需作出租金裁定时，便会调取该房产的索引卡，并在卡上简要记录相关事项。每一条记录均标注处理日期，并附带待处理事项的摘要。在部分情形下，若委员会对某一指定房产的管理周期长达数年，会为其标注多个档案编号。上述编号对应的档案均可在VPRS 5409“裁定档案（Determination Files）”中查询到。部分索引卡上盖有“完整单元”的印章。该印章大概率为20世纪40至50年代所加盖，适用于一处住宅建筑群包含多套独立住宅，且在制作该索引卡时，该建筑群内所有房产均被列为指定房产的场景。部分索引卡还盖有星号印章。同样，该印章应是在索引系统建立初期添加，用于满足当时的行政需求，如今其具体含义已无从考证。