Paragraph 1
(1)
In the Science and Technology Act 1965, for the words “Minister for the Civil Service or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster”, wherever occurring in sections 2 and 3 and Schedules 1 and 3 (Research Councils), there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”.
(2)
In section 5(1) of that Act (scientific research, & c.)—
(a)
for the words “Secretary of State, the Minister for the Civil Service or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster”there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”; and
(b)
in paragraph (c), the words “or, as the case may be, the Minister for the Civil Service or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster”shall be omitted.