The Official Statistics Order 2008

Made: 31st March 2008

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1(2)

In accordance with section 65(2) of that Act a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation and commencement

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics Order 2008.

• (2) This Order comes into force on 1st April 2008 or, if made after that date, the day after it is made.

Official Statistics

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• (1) To the extent that they are not otherwise official statistics by virtue of section 6(1)(a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, the statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule are specified as official statistics for the purposes of section 6(1)(b) of that Act.

• (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to statistics which are wholly Scottish devolved statistics.

SCHEDULE

• Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England and Wales

• British Hallmarking Council

• Certification Officer

• Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland

• Coal Authority

• Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection

• Commission for Social Care Inspection

• Commission for the New Towns

• Consumer Panel established under section 16 of the Communications Act 2003²

• Design Council

• Fleet Air Arm Museum

• Gas and Electricity Consumer Council

• Health and Social Care Information Centre

• Health Protection Agency

• Hearing Aid Council

• Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary

• Higher Education Statistics Agency

• Housing Corporation

• Independent Police Complaints Commission

• Learning and Skills Council for England

• National Army Museum

• National Patient Safety Agency

• National Policing Improvement Agency

• National Treatment Agency

• Natural Environment Research Council

• Northern Ireland Policing Board

• Office of Communications

• Parole Board

• Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

• Probation Board for Northern Ireland

• Royal Air Force Museum

• Royal Marines Museum

• Royal Naval Museum

• Royal Navy Submarine Museum

• Student Loans Company

• Urban Regeneration Agency

• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

Signed

Edward Miliband — Minister for the Cabinet Office — 31st March 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 6(1)(a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 provides that statistics produced by the Statistics Board, a government department, the Scottish Administration, a Welsh ministerial authority, a Northern Ireland department, or any other person acting on behalf of the Crown are official statistics.

This Order specifies that the statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule are also official statistics. Article 2(2) provides that this does not apply to wholly Scottish devolved statistics. Scottish devolved statistics are defined in section 66 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

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

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