LegalizeThe Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Order 1994
Made: 24th February 1994
Coming into force: 1st April 1994
At the Court of Saint James, the 24th day of February 1994 Present, The Counsellors of State in Council
Now therefore Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, being authorised by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of section 1(1) of the said Act are pleased, by and with the advice of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, on Her Majesty’s behalf to declare, and it is hereby declared, as follows:—
1
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, whose objects are specified in the Schedule to this Order, is established as a Research Council for purposes of the Science and Technology Act 1965.
2
This Order may be cited as the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.
SCHEDULE — OBJECTS OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
to promote and support, by any means, high quality basic, strategic and applied research and related post-graduate training relating to the understanding and exploitation of biological systems;
to advance knowledge and technology, and provide trained scientists and engineers, which meet the needs of users and beneficiaries (including the agriculture, bioprocessing, chemical, food, health—care, pharmaceutical and other biotechnological—related industries), thereby contributing to the economic competitiveness of Our United Kingdom and the quality of life;
to provide advice, disseminate knowledge, and promote public understanding in the fields of biotechnology and the biological sciences.
Signed
N. H. Nicholls — Clerk of the Privy Council
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order declares the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to be established as a Research Council for the purposes of the Science and Technology Act 1965 and specifies the objects of the Council.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1965 c. 4.
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