The Research Councils (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 1994

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1994-03-05
State In force
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Made: 5th March 1994

Laid before Parliament: 10th March 1994

Coming into force: 1st April 1994

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(6) and (7) of the Science and Technology Act 1965[^f00001] and now exercisable by him concurrently with the Minister for the Civil Service[^f00002]:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Research Councils (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

General transfer of property, rights, liabilities and obligations from the AFRC

3

Transfer of obligations under contracts of employment

4

Amendment of the Science and Technology Act 1965

5

General transfer of property, rights, liabilities and obligations from the SERC

6

Specific transfers of land, rights and liabilities from the SERC

7

Subject to the provisions of this Order all land including any property in or on the land held and used by the SERC together with rights or liabilities in relation to such land acquired or incurred by the SERC and which is specified in—

shall, in the case of paragraph (1), be transferred to the PPARC and in the case of paragraph (2), shall be so transferred subject to any requirement of the law of the place where the land is situate, and in the case of paragraph (3) shall be transferred to the NERC.

Specific transfers of equipment and other movable property from the SERC

8

Subject to the provisions of this Order movable property and equipment including any vehicle owned, held or used by the SERC on the date of the coming into force of this Order and which is specified in—

shall, in the case of paragraph (1), be transferred to the PPARC and in the case of paragraph (2), shall be so transferred subject to any requirement of the law of the place where such equipment is to be found.

Specific transfers of rights and liabilities from the SERC

9

Specific transfers of grants, studentships and fellowships from the SERC

10

Subject to the provisions of this Order all rights and liabilities of the SERC arising in relation to the award of research grants, studentships and fellowships shall be transferred to—

SCHEDULE 1 — LAND AND PROPERTY AND ASSOCIATED LIABILITIES TRANSFERRED TO THE PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY RESEARCH COUNCIL

PART I

Properties of the Royal Observatories Address
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh and Observatory car park Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3JH
Land leased for car park from Edinburgh District Council adjacent to the Observatory site, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh
Garages (2) located at 69 Mayfield Road, Edinburgh
Royal Greenwich Observatory site leased from the University of Cambridge Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0EZ

PART II

Properties of the Royal Observatories in Hawaii Properties of the Royal Observatories in Hawaii Address
Base facility land } JCMT telescope land } sub lease H 09175 } UKIRT telescope land } sub lease dated 21.9.78 } land leased under the terms of the General Lease between the State of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii dated 21.6.68 Contact: Joint Astronomy Centre, 660 North A Ohoku Place, University Park, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, USA

PART III

Properties associated with the Royal Observatories in Australia Address
Land leased at the Siding Spring Observatory between the Australian National University and the SERC dated 1.7.71 Co Gowen, Parish of Woorut and Co Baradine, Parish of Wheoh, Siding Spring Mountain, near Coonabarabran.
Houses leased to the Anglo Australian Telescope Board 4 Edward Street, Coonabarabran, New South Wales
10 Jubilee Street, Coonabarabran, New South Wales
31 Nandi Street, Coonabarabran, New South Wales
96 Timor Street, Coonabarabran, New South Wales
16 Masman Street, Coonabarabran, New South Wales

PART IV

Properties of the Royal Observatories on La Palma Address
Observatory land leased from the Instituto de Astrofisica De Canarias dated 26.5.79 Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, Canary Islands
JKT 1.0m telescope building } Remote condenser housing } 2.5m Isaac Newton telescope } 4.2m telescope building } Cooling plant housing } Generator house complex } Garage } SERC’s interest in the Anglo-Danish transit circle } Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, Canary Islands
Sea level office, Part A Sea level office, Part B Sea level office, Part C Apartado 321, 38780 S/C De La Palma, Tenerife, Islas Canarias
La Palma Housing:
House 1 (freehold) Flat 74, Edificio Tinabana, Santa Cruz, De La Palma
House 2 (freehold) Miranda 110, Las Ledas, Brena Alta, Tenerife
House 3 (freehold) Mellini, Brena Baja, Tenerife
House 4 (freehold) Palmasol 2, Brena Alta, Tenerife
House 5 (freehold) Palmasol 2, Brena Alta, Tenerife
House 6 (freehold) Palmasol 1, Brena Alta, Tenerife
House 7 (freehold) Mellini, Brena Baja, Tenerife
House 8 (freehold) San Jose 294, Brena Baja, Tenerife
House 9 (freehold) Palmasol 2, Brena Alta, Tenerife
House 10 (freehold) Palmasol 1, Brena Alta, Tenerife
House 11 (freehold) Mellini, Brena Baja, Tenerife
House 12 (freehold) Palmasol 2, Brena Alta, Tenerife
House 13 (freehold) Palmasol 1, Brena Alta, Tenerife
House 15 (freehold) San Jose 9, Brena Baja, Tenerife
House 16 (freehold) San Jose 11, Brena Baja, Tenerife
House 17 (freehold) Pedro Poggio, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 18 (freehold) Edificio Tinabana, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 19 (freehold) Puente 27, Cabezola 9, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 20 (freehold) H R Mendez 10, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 21 (freehold) El Drago 8, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 22 (freehold) El Drago 8, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 32 (rented) Finca El Tributo, Brena Baja, Tenerife
House 33 (rented) Puente 58, 7 o, 26 Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 35 (rented) Ed Ayatina 28, El Marquito, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 36 (rented) Perez de Brito 63, Atico, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 37 (rented) Sierra No 2, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 40 (rented) Edificio Tinabana 48, 6 o, 77, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 41 (rented) Clle Adeyamen 2, 1 o, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 43 (rented) Perez Camacho 7, 3 o, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 44 (rented) O'Daly 21, Portal 85, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 46 (rented) Edificio Tinabana 18, Garage, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 48 (rented) URB, Palmasol 1 Brena Alta, Tenerife
House 50 (rented) Edificio Tinabana 48, Atico, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 55 (rented) Edificio Tinabana 48, 4 o, 57, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 60 (rented) Quinta Verde, Garages, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
House 62 (rented) Palmasol 1, 208, C/Real 35, 2 o Doha
House 14 (freehold) Flat 46, Edificio Tinabana, Santa Cruz De La Palma
House 23 (freehold) Flat 4a, Avenida, El Puente 21, Santa Cruz De La Palma
House 24 (freehold) Flat 2a, Edificio Quinta Verde, El Puente 37, Santa Cruz De La Palma

SCHEDULE 2 — LAND AND PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

Lease of 22 Henrietta Street, London WC2

MST Radar Facility on land leased from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth located at Capel Dewi, Dyfed, Wales

Properties of the Observatories Address
Satellite Laser Ranger on land leased from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada located at Herstmonceux, Nr Hailsham, East Sussex

SCHEDULE 3 — EQUIPMENT TRANSFERRED TO THE PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY RESEARCH COUNCIL

PART I — THE ROYAL OBSERVATORIES

All equipment administered by the Royal Observatories and located at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh and the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Cambridge for which SERC holds title on 31.3.94

All equipment administered by the Royal Observatories and located at Herstmonceux, Nr Hailsham, East Sussex, for which SERC holds title on 31.3.94

PART II — THE JOINT ASTRONOMY CENTRE, HAWAII

All equipment administered by the Royal Observatories for which SERC holds title on 31.3.94

PART III — THE SIDING SPRING OBSERVATORY, COONABARABRAN, AUSTRALIA

All equipment administered by the Royal Observatories for which SERC holds title on 31.3.94

PART IV — THE ISAAC NEWTON GROUP, LA PALMA, CANARY ISLANDS

All equipment administered by the Royal Observatories for which SERC holds title on 31.3.94

PART V — SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY, NEAR SUTHERLAND, CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

All equipment or share of equipment named in an agreement with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of South Africa currently suspended until 30.6.96, for which SERC holds title on 31.3.94

SCHEDULE 4 — CONTRACTS PLACED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL AND TRANSFERRED TO THE PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY RESEARCH COUNCIL

Contract Number Description Period
Lunar Sample Loan Agreement 08/06/92-08/06/95
LETTER AGREEMENTS WITH NASA:— MARS OBSERVER (PMIRR) — UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD SOHO/CLUSTER (WBD) — UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD GGS/POLAR (CAMMICE) — RAL GGS/POLAR (HOT PLASMA COMPOSITION) — MSSL CASSINI SATURN ORBITER MISSION until 2000 (approx)
3636ANP93 Loan Agreement Natural History Museum Meteorite Samples 01/09/93-31/08/94
2158ANP92 Contribution towards the international high energy conference 20-27 July 1994
4213ANP93 24th British Universities Summer School in Theoretical Elements 15/12/93-01/10/94
1095ROE92 Term Contract for Internal and External Decoration work at ROE 01/07/92-30/06/95
1096ROE92 Term Day Work - Joinery at ROE 01/07/92-30/06/95
S0106/90 Term Day Work Contract for Electrical Maintenance at ROE 01/04/93-31/03/94
Term Day Work Contract for Mechanical Work at ROE 01/04/93-31/03/94
Transfer of Skylark Jigs, Tools & Equipment to BAJ 08/06/86-08/06/96
2703RGO93 Drawing Design and Drafting Services Howard Design 01/07/93-31/05/94
2704RGO93 Drawing Design and Drafting Services Metro Design 01/07/93-31/05/94
2705RGO93 Drawing Design and Drafting Services Promech 01/07/93-31/05/94

SCHEDULE 5 — CONTRACTS PLACED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL AND TRANSFERRED TO THE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

Contract Number Description Period
3282BTD93 PHLS Cell Paste Facility 01/09/93-31/03/94
3229SCI93 Contribution towards Composital Systematic Biology Workshop 24/07/93-05/09/94
3604BTD93 Editor of Biotechnology Biobulletin Magazine 01/07/93-31/03/94
3739BTD93 Biochemical Engineering Sector Co-ordinator 01/09/93-31/03/94
3968BTD93 Consultant for Protein Engineering Sector 01/10/93-31/03/94
3261ENG93 IGDS in Pharmaceutical Eng 01/10/93-30/09/99
IGDS in Bioprocessing 01/01/94-30/09/99

SCHEDULE 6 — CONTRACTS PLACED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL AND TRANSFERRED TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

Contract Number Description Period
Enabling Agreement with Applied Learning 01/12/89-termination
Loan of NASA equipment to University of Reading 22/10/90-15/10/2000
NASA internet programme 14/03/91-31/12/99
LETTER AGREEMENTS WITH NASA:— MODIS — UCL MSIR — UCL AIRS/AMSU/MHS until 2000 (approx)
2868BOS93 Annual Service contract for Intruder Alarm — Digital -24/06/94
3484BOS93 Renewal of Subscription for Health & Safety at work -31/10/94
2287JRS93 Tri-off set white SRA2 28OG paper -23/04/94
3863JRS93 Cover with KBERG for AGFA Camera, RPS 20245 01/12/93-30/04/94
GTN Customer Services Agreement — CCTA 18/03/93-17/03/94
2944JSU93 Telephone Call Logging System 01/04/91-31/03/94
2994SCI93 Science Based Archaeology Co-ordinator 01/07/93-30/06/95
1632SCI92 ORAU Dating Service 01/01/93-31/12/94
3334JSS93 Consultant for Joint Superannuation Service 09/08/93-31/03/94
3415JRS93 Standalone Docutech Production Publisher 11/10/93-10/10/98
Rank Xerox 5090 — 1104252610 Rental 01/06/93-31/05/95
AGFA Maintenance of Rapiline 43 Processor 01/04/93-31/03/96
Warranty on Star 400 RIP 28/07/93-27/07/94
1928JR92 Rydo Engineering Maintenance of Ryobi 3200 01/04/93-31/03/94
1785JRS92 Rental of Kodak Copiers 02/09/93-24/03/98
1785JRS93 Kodak 235AF Rental 01/09/93-31/08/96
Kodak Ektaprint K90ss Copier Rental 01/09/93-31/08/99
Kodak 2110 Rental
3967BOS93 Annual Maintenance of Lifts 01/09/94-31/12/94
3068JSU93 Annual Maintenance for ZMK 610k Shredder 01/08/93-31/07/94
3023BOS93 Maintenance of Forklift Truck 23/07/93-31/07/94
2873JSU93 Provision of Sanitary Units 05/07/93-24/09/94
277/90 Maintenance of Mastiff Access Control System 01/01/91-31/12/95
4082BOS93 Fishlocks Kitchen Equipment Maintenance 01/12/93-30/11/94
Catering Contract Gardner Merchant 29/03/93-28/03/95
SO/205/90 Quality Control and Assurance in Radiocarbon Dating — amendment 1 01/10/90-30/09/94
Cleaning Contract — Checkclean 28/04/93-27/04/96

SCHEDULE 7 — RESEARCH GRANTS, CO-ORDINATED BY THE FOLLOWING GROUPS, TRANSFERRED TO THE PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY RESEARCH COUNCIL

SCHEDULE 8 — RESEARCH GRANTS, CO-ORDINATED BY THE FOLLOWING GROUPS, TRANSFERRED TO THE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

SCHEDULE 9 — RESEARCH GRANTS, CO-ORDINATED BY THE FOLLOWING GROUPS, TRANSFERRED TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

SCHEDULE 10 — RESEARCH GRANTS, CO-ORDINATED BY THE FOLLOWING GROUPS, TRANSFERRED TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

SCHEDULE 11 — STUDENTSHIPS, CO-ORDINATED BY THE FOLLOWING GROUPS, TRANSFERRED TO THE PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY RESEARCH COUNCIL

SCHEDULE 12 — STUDENTSHIPS, CO-ORDINATED BY THE FOLLOWING GROUPS, TRANSFERRED TO THE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

SCHEDULE 13 — STUDENTSHIPS, CO-ORDINATED BY THE FOLLOWING GROUPS, TRANSFERRED TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

SCHEDULE 14 — STUDENTSHIPS, CO-ORDINATED BY THE FOLLOWING GROUPS, TRANSFERRED TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

SCHEDULE 15 — FELLOWSHIPS TRANSFERRED TO THE PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY RESEARCH COUNCIL

Postdoctoral Home Awards

1

Postdoctoral Overseas Awards

2

Postdoctoral NATO Awards

3

Advanced Fellowship Awards

4

Senior Fellowship Awards

5

SCHEDULE 16 — FELLOWSHIPS TRANSFERRED TO THE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

Postdoctoral Home Awards

1

Postdoctoral Overseas Awards

2

Postdoctoral NATO Awards

3

Advanced Fellowship Awards

4

Senior Fellowship Awards

5

SCHEDULE 17 — FELLOWSHIPS TRANSFERRED TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

Postdoctoral Home Awards

1

Advanced Fellowship Awards

2

SCHEDULE 18 — VEHICLES TRANSFERRED TO THE PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY RESEARCH COUNCIL

PART I — THE ROYAL OBSERVATORIES

All vehicles owned by the SERC and located at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh on 31.3.94

PART II — OVERSEAS

All vehicles owned by the SERC and located at Apartado 310, 38780 S/C De La Palma, Tenerife, Islas Canarias and at the Joint Astronomy Centre, 660 North A Ohoku Place, University Park, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, USA on 31.3.94

SCHEDULE 19 — RARE BOOKS AND ANTIQUITIES TRANSFERRED TO THE PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY RESEARCH COUNCIL

All that collection of rare books and antiquities, bequeathed by the Lord Crawford to the Crown and held in safe keeping at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.

All that collection of rare books and antiquities bequeathed to the Royal Greenwich Observatory by the late Astronomer Royal, G B Airy

Signed

William Waldegrave — Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster — 5th March 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision for the transfer of property, rights, liabilities and obligations from the Agricultural and Food Research Council and the Science and Engineering Research Council to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, the Natural Environment Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council.

The Order makes an amendment to Schedule 3 to the Science and Technology Act 1965 to permit the continued participation of certain present and former staff of the Science and Engineering Research Council in a pension scheme administered by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (Article 5).

The Order makes provision for the general transfer of land and other property, rights, liabilities and obligations from the Agricultural and Food Research Council to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Article 3) and for the transfer of obligations under contracts of employment from the Agricultural and Food Research Council and from the Science and Engineering Research Council (Article 4).

Property, rights, obligations and liabilities of the Science and Engineering Research Council are generally transferred to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Article 6), whilst a number of specific transfers are made to the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council and to other Research Councils (Articles 7, 8, 9 and 10). The property, rights, liabilities and obligations referred to in Articles 7 to 10 are specified in Schedules 1 to 19.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1965 c. 4.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1992/1296.

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