Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Grant for Research and Development (Transfer of Contracts etc) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 2nd August 2011.

Interpretation

2. In this Order-

"grant agreement" means an agreement listed in the Schedule;

"Secretary of State" means the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills;

"Transfer Date" in relation to a grant agreement means the date specified for that grant agreement in the Schedule and in relation to a grant agreement the expression "the relevant Transfer Date" is to be construed accordingly; and

"TSB" means the Technology Strategy Board established as a Research Council under the Science and Technology Act 1965 by virtue of the Technology Strategy Board Order 2007(2).

Transfer of property, rights, liabilities and obligations

3. There are transferred to the TSB on the relevant Transfer Date:

(a)all the rights and obligations of the Secretary of State under the grant agreement as at the relevant Transfer Date;

(b)all the liabilities of the Secretary of State arising under the grant agreements as at the relevant Transfer Date;

(c)all the records and documents held by the Secretary of State in connection with the grant agreements as at the relevant Transfer Date.

Article 2

SCHEDULEGrant Agreements

PART 1Grant Agreements -� August Transfers

The date specified for the grant agreements listed in Part 1 of the Schedule is 12:01 am on 2nd August 2011.

Live cases

In conditions cases

PART 2Grant Agreements -� September Transfers

The date specified for the grant agreements listed in Part 2 of the Schedule is 12:01 am on 1st September 2011.

Live cases

In conditions cases

PART 3Grant Agreements -� November Transfers

The date specified for the grant agreements listed in Part 3 of the Schedule is 12:01 am on 1st November 2011.

Live cases

In conditions cases

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

As part of a wider review of the regional development framework, changes are being made to the administrative arrangements for delivering the Grant for Research and Development, which is a financial assistance scheme previously administered by the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) to support research and development projects, principally in the fields of science, engineering and technology.

Responsibility for the delivery of this function is being transferred from the RDAs to the Technology Strategy Board (TSB). This transfer is being completed in two stages with the relevant property, rights, liabilities and obligations moving first from the RDAs to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills by way of a transfer scheme for each RDA under paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 3 to the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998. This Order completes the transfer by moving those property, rights, liabilities and obligations on to the TSB, although some material relating to closed grants will remain with the Secretary of State for archiving purposes.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.