1 Power to establish development councils, and purposes thereof. E+W+S
(1)There may be established for any industry, by an order in that behalf made by an authority specified in subsection (2) of this section, a body, in this Act referred to as a development council, to whom there may be assigned by the order any functions of a kind specified in the First Schedule to this Act for whose exercise by the council it appears to that authority to be expedient to provide in order to increase efficiency or productivity in the industry, to improve or develop the service that it renders or could render to the community, or to enable it to render such service more economically.
(2)Orders under this Act establishing development councils (in this Act referred to as a “development council order”) may be made by the Board of Trade, [F1the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food][F2or the Secretary of State] (hereafter in this Act referred to, in relation to any such order made or proposed to be made by them or him, as “the Board or Minister concerned”):
Provided that the power to make a development council order relating to agriculture within the meaning of [F3the M1Agriculture Act 1947], or to fisheries, and extending (but not applying solely) to Scotland shall be vested in the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries [F1and Food] and the Secretary of State jointly, and references in this Act to the Board or Minister concerned shall be construed accordingly in relation to such an order.
(3)Before making a development council order the Board or Minister concerned shall consult any organisation appearing to them or him to be representative of substantial numbers of persons carrying on business in the industry and such organisations representative of persons employed in the industry as appear to the Board or Minister concerned to be appropriate.
(4)A development council order shall not be made unless the Board or Minister concerned is satisfied that the establishment of a development council for the industry is desired by a substantial number of the persons engaged in the industry.
(5)A development council order may provide for any incidental or supplementary matters for which it appears to the Board or Minister concerned to be necessary or expedient to provide.
(6)A development council order shall not be made until a draft of the order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200), art. 3(3)
F2Words substituted by S.I. 1971/719, Sch. para. 3
F3Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63), s. 38(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Functions of Board of Trade under s. 1 now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1969/1498, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 1 and 1970/1537, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II
Marginal Citations