The Official Statistics (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

In accordance with section 6 (3) of that Act, the Department of Finance has consulted the Statistics Board [^f00003].

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2021.

Interpretation

2

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [^f00004] shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Amendments to the Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

3

The Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 [^f00005] is amended in accordance with Article 4.

4

In the Schedule to the Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012, where alphabetically appropriate, insert the persons listed in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE — PERSONS SPECIFIED AS PRODUCERS OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Education Authority

Invest Northern Ireland

Labour Relations Agency

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 13th May 2021

Tracy Power — A senior officer of the — Department of Finance — 13th May 2021

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends The Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (″the Order″) by the addition to the Schedule of the persons specified in the Schedule to this Order.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this statutory rule as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Finance and Personnel, see section 1(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (NI) 2016 c. 5 (N.I.).

[^f00002]: 2007 c. 18.

[^f00003]: The Statistics Board is also known as the UK Statistics Authority.

[^f00004]: 1954 c. 3 (N.I.).

[^f00005]: The Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012, (2012 No.2)