The Research Councils (Transfer of Property etc) Order 2007
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (“STFC”) is established as a Research Council under the Science and Technology Act 1965 by virtue of the Science and Technology Facilities Council Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/279) with effect from 1 April 2007. STFC will be required, by virtue of directions from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry given under section 3(6) of the Act, to take over, from 1 April 2007, the responsibilities carried out immediately before that date by the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (“CCLRC”) and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (“PPARC”), as well as certain responsibilities of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (“EPSRC”) relating to support for research into nuclear physics.