uksi/2017/148 — The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Trading Fund (Revocation) Order 2017

2017 No. 148 Government Trading Funds The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Trading Fund (Revocation) Order 2017 Made 8th February 2017 Laid before Parliament 15th February 2017 Coming into force 1st April 2017 The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 6(1) of the Government Trading Funds Act 1973 , makes the following Order: Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Trading Fund (Revocation) Order 2017. 2 This Order comes into force on 1st April 2017. Revocation 2 The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Trading Fund Order 2011 is revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Harriett Baldwin Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Ministry of Defence 23rd January 2017 We concur Andrew Griffiths David Evennett Two of the Lords Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th February 2017 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order revokes the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) Trading Fund Order 2011, with effect from 1 April 2017. DSTL will remain an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Defence after its trading fund status is revoked, and so will come within the ambit of the Defence vote. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.