The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2008
Made: 10th December 2008
Laid before Parliament: 17th December 2008
Coming into force: 13th February 2009
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of December 2008Present,The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(2), 5(4) and 5(9) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 19671, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
- (1) This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2008 and comes into force on 13th February 2009.
- (2) In this Order “the Act” means the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.
Amendment to Schedule 2 to the Act
2
For Schedule 2 to the Act (Departments etc. subject to investigation), substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Amendment to Schedule 3 to the Act
3
In paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 3 to the Act2—
- (1) omit the following—
- (a) “the Minister of Health or”,
- (b) “a Health Authority”, and
- (c) all of the words from “except” to the end.
- (2) after the word “Trust,” insert the word “or”.
4
In paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 3 to the Act3, between the words “Strategic Health Authority” and “Special Health Authority”, omit the words “Health Authority”.
Amendment to Schedule 4 to the Act
5
In Schedule 4 to the Act4, omit the entry relating to the Mental Health Tribunal for Wales constituted under section 65 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Mental Health Act 1983.
SCHEDULE — Schedule substituted for Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967
Signed
Judith Simpson — Clerk of the Privy Council
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order amends the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (‘the Act’). Article 2 of this Order substitutes the Schedule to this Order for Schedule 2 to the Act (Departments etc. subject to investigation). The following table shows the changes that have been made to Schedule 2 by this Order.
| Bodies added | Bodies omitted | Changes of name |
|---|---|---|
| Advisory Committee on Consumer Engagement | Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration | From “Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions” to “Central Advisory Committee on Pensions and Compensation” |
| Capital for Enterprise Limited | Advisory Panel on Country Information | From “England Implementation Group” to “England Implementation Group for the Animal Health and Welfare Strategy for Great Britain” |
| Department for Energy and Climate Change | British Association for Central and Eastern Europe | From “Defence Scientific Advisory Committee” to “Defence Scientific Advisory Council”. |
| The Ethics Group: National DNA Database | Complaints Audit Committee | |
| Film Industry Training Board for England and Wales | Independent Living (1993) Fund | |
| Government Equalities Office | Independent Living (Extension) Fund | |
| Independent Barring Board | Museum of London | |
| National Clinical Audit Advisory Group | National Victims Advisory Panel | |
| National Joint Registry Steering Committee | Sector Skills Development Agency | |
| Northern Ireland Law Commission | ||
| Social Fund Commissioner | ||
| Social Science Research Committee | ||
| Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy | ||
| UK Commission for Employment and Skills | ||
| Working Ventures UK |
Articles 3 and 4 of this Order omit from paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Act a number of bodies that are no longer in existence.
Article 5 removes from Schedule 4 to the Act, the reference to the Mental Health Tribunal for Wales.
Footnotes
1967 c.13. Section 4 was substituted by the Parliamentary and Health Service Commissioners Act 1987 (c.39), section 1(1). Section 5(9) was inserted by the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1994 (c.14), section 1(1).
Paragraph 8(1) was amended by the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), sections 57 and 58, Sch 4, para 109; S.I. 1981/736, article 2; S.I. 1986/1168, article 2; S.I. 1987/661, article 2; the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993, section 20, Sch 2; type=start time=1271253177024S.I. 2002/2469type=end time=1271253177024, regulation 4, Sch 1, Part 1, para 3(a). Paragraph 8(1) numbered as such and amended by S.I. 2000/90, article 3(1), Sch 1, para 5.
Paragraph 8(2) inserted by S.I. 2000/90, article 3(1), Sch 1, para 5(b) and amended by S.I. 2002/2469, regulation 4, Sch 1, Part 1, para 3(b).
Schedule 4 was amended to refer to this tribunal by S.I 2008/2833, Sch 3, para 26(3).
1982 c.50. Repealed by S.I. 2001/3649.
2002 c.29. Section 317(2) amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c.11), sections 50(1), (7).
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