# Science and Technology Act 1965, Section 1: The Research Councils.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The following bodies established or to be established by Royal Charter shall be Research Councils for the purposes of this Act, that is to say,—
(a) . ... the Medical Research Council; and
(b) if Her Majesty is pleased to establish such a body, each of the two bodies respectively referred to in this Act as the Science Research Council and the Natural Environment Research Council; and
(c) any other body which is established for purposes connected with scientific research and consists of persons appointed by a Minister of the Crown and which is declared by Order in Council to be established as a Research Council for purposes of this Act.
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(4) No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty to make an Order in Council declaring a body to be a Research Council under subsection (1)(c) above unless a draft of the Order, specifying the objects or principal objects of that body, has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/4/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/science-and-technology-act-1965/section-1
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