Section 2 General powers and duties.
. . . F1 there shall . . . be transferred to the Board of Trade all the powers of a Secretary of State under enactments relating to mines and quarries.
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The Board of Trade shall undertake the collection, preparation, and publication of information and statistics relating to the mining industry, and shall co-operate with such Committees of the Privy Council as are formed for the purpose, and any other Government departments concerned, in the initiation and direction of research in relation to matters connected with the powers and duties of the Board of Trade.
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)
- F2
Ss. 1, 2(2) repealed by Ministry of Fuel and Power Act 1945 (c. 19), Sch. 3
- F3
S. 2(4)—(7) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (E.W.N.I) (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(r), Sch. 23 para. 4