Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947

Development Councils

1 Power to establish development councils, and purposes thereof.

2 Constitution, etc., of development councils.

3 Provisions for furnishing development councils with information as to their industries.

4 Levies by development councils.

5 Restriction on disclosure of information.

6 Enforcement of provisions for registration and furnishing of information, etc.

7 Reports, and accounts, of development councils.

8 Amendment or termination of provision for a development council.

9 Levies for certain purposes for industries for which there is no development council.

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11 Grants to the Council of Industrial Design and to design centres.

12 Administrative expenses.

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14 Ascertainment of activities to be treated as comprised in an industry.

15 Application to Northern Ireland.

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17 Short title.

FIRST SCHEDULE Functions which may be assigned to development councils

1Promoting or undertaking scientific research.

2Promoting or undertaking inquiry as to materials and equipment and...

3Promoting or undertaking research into matters affecting industrial psychology.

4Promoting or undertaking measures for the improvement of design, including...

5Promoting the production and marketing of standard products.

6Promoting the better definition of trade descriptions and consistency in...

7Undertaking the certification of products, the registration of certification trade...

8Promoting the training of persons engaged or proposing engagement in...

9Promoting the adoption of measures for securing safer and better...

10Promoting or undertaking research into the incidence, prevention and cure...

11Promoting or undertaking arrangements for encouraging the entry of persons...

12Promoting or undertaking research for improving arrangements for marketing and...

13Promoting or undertaking research into matters relating to the consumption...

14Promoting arrangements for co-operative organisations for supplying materials and equipment,...

15Promoting the development of export trade, including promoting or undertaking...

16Promoting or undertaking arrangements for better acquainting the public in...

17Promoting the improvement of accounting and costing practice and uniformity...

18Promoting or undertaking the collection and formulation of statistics.

19Advising on any matters relating to the industry (other than...

20Undertaking arrangements for making available information obtained, and for advising,...

SECOND SCHEDULE Subsidiary matters relating to development councils

1A development council shall have a common seal, and power...

2A development council order may make provision with respect to—...

3Subject to any provision made under the last preceding paragraph,...

4A development council may appoint such officers, agents and servants...

5Remuneration and allowances under subsection (8) of section two of...

6Any pensions or gratuities under subsection (8) of section two...

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Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947

1947 CHAPTER 40 10 and 11 Geo 6

An Act to provide for the establishment of development councils to exercise functions for improving or developing the service rendered to the community by industries and for other purposes in relation thereto, for making funds available for certain purposes in relation to industries for which there is no development council, for the disposal of any surplus of funds levied under emergency provision for encouragement of exports, for the making of grants to bodies established for the improvement of design, and for purposes connected therewith and consequential thereon.

[31st July 1947]