{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Use British English|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Development of Inventions Act 1967{{efn|Section 15(1).}} | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = An Act to consolidate the Development of Inventions Act 1948, the Development of Inventions Act 1954 and the Development of Inventions Act 1965. | year = 1967 | citation = 1967 c. 32 | territorial_extent = United Kingdom | royal_assent = 10 May 1967 | commencement = 10 June 1967{{efn|Section 15(8).}} | amends = See {{Section link||Repealed enactments}} | replaces = See {{Section link||Repealed enactments}} | amendments = {{ubli|Industry Act 1975|British Technology Group Act 1991}} | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = partially_repealed | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/32/contents/enacted | revised_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/32/contents | use_new_UK-LEG = yes }}
The '''Development of Inventions Act 1967''' (c. 32) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the development and exploitation of inventions in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Haigh |first=G. E. |last2=Pearson |first2=A. W. |last3=Watkins |first3=D. S. |last4=Gibbons |first4=M. |date=20 August 1971 |title=NRDC and the Environment for Innovation |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/232527a0 |journal=Nature |volume=232 |issue=5312 |pages=527–531 |doi=10.1038/232527a0|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Provisions == === Repealed enactments === Section 15(3) of the act repealed 3 enactments, listed in that section.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|act=Development of Inventions Act 1967|type=act|year=1967|chapter=32}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |+ Enactments repealed by section 15(3) !Citation !Short title !Extent of repeal |- |11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 60 |Development of Inventions Act 1948 |The whole act. |- |2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 20 |Development of Inventions Act 1954 |The whole act. |- |1965 c. 21 |Development of Inventions Act 1965 |The whole act. |}
== Subsequent developments == The act was amended by Part III of the Industry Act 1975, which modified the financial provisions relating to the National Research Development Corporation.
Sections 2 to 13, section 15(3) to (8), and paragraphs 4 to 8 of the schedule to the act were repealed by section 17(2) of, and part I of schedule 2 to, the British Technology Group Act 1991, which came into force on 6 January 1992.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|act=British Technology Group Act 1991|type=act|year=1991|chapter=66}}</ref> The remaining provisions of the act — section 1, section 15(1) and (2), and the schedule so far as unrepealed — are to be repealed on the dissolution of the National Research Development Corporation by section 17(2) of, and part II of schedule 2 to, the British Technology Group Act 1991.
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Category:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1967 Category:Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament Category:Consolidation Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom