Introductory text

England, Wales and Scotland

An Act to provide for the establishment of development councils to exercise functions for improving or developing the service rendered to the community by industries and for other purposes in relation thereto, for making funds available for certain purposes in relation to industries for which there is no development council, for the disposal of any surplus of funds levied under emergency provision for encouragement of exports, for the making of grants to bodies established for the improvement of design, and for purposes connected therewith and consequential thereon.

[31st July 1947] I1 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5

Annotations

Modifications

C1: Act: transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities by S.I. 1999/3141, art. 2(1)(5), 4, Sch. (with arts. 3, 5)
C2: Act: transfer of certain powers (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1
C3: Functions of Board of Trade, except those under ss. 1, 9, now exercisable concurrently by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1537, art. 2(1)
C4: Functions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under this Act, except those in relation to the Apple and Pear Development Council, which are exercisable by the Minister alone now exercisable (W.) by Secretary of State and (E.W.) by Minister and Secretary of State jointly and functions of Minister and Secretary of State jointly so far as they are exercisable in relation to Great Britain now exercisable by Minister, Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for Wales jointly: S.I. 1978/272, art. 9; see also 1998 c. 46, ss. 52-56.
C5: Act functions transferred (E.W.) (24.5.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644), art. 3(1) (with art. 3(3))

Commencement

I1: Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.