The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2011

Made: 16th March 2011

Laid before Parliament: 23rd March 2011

Coming into force: 30th April 2011

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of March 2011Present,The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(2) and 5(9) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967[^f00001], 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 2011 and comes into force on 30th April 2011.

• (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 4 to the Act

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In Schedule 4 to the Act (Relevant tribunals for the purposes of section 5(7))—

• (a) omit “Persons hearing consumer credit licensing appeals appointed under regulation 24 of the Consumer Credit Licensing (Appeals) Regulations 1998.”[^f00002];

• (b) for “Valuation tribunals continued in existence under regulation 3 of the Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals Regulations 1989”[^f00003] substitute “The Valuation Tribunal for England established under Schedule 11 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988”[^f00004].

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 change of name from the “Rail Passengers’ Council” to the “Passengers’ Council” is to correct a change of name inadvertently made by the Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/239) reversing the change made by the Passengers’ Council (Non-Railway Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/439). The addition of the Supreme Court is subject to a note, which provides that the entry only applies in respect of action taken by administrative staff but not so far as that action is taken at the direction, or on the authority, of any person acting in a judicial capacity. The following table shows the changes that have been made to Schedule 2 by this Order.

This Order also amends the entries in Schedule 4 referred to in article 3 of this Order.

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

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c.13. Section 4 was substituted by section 1(1) of the Parliamentary and Health Service Commissioners Act 1987 (c.39). Section 5(9) was inserted by section 1(1) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1994 (c.14).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1998/1203.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1989/439.

[^f00004]: 1988 c. 41. Schedule 11 was amended by the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c.28), section 219(1) and Schedule 15, paragraphs 1 and 2.

[^f00005]: 2004 c.35.

[^f00006]: 1998 c.46.

[^f00007]: 2006 c.32.

[^f00008]: 1991 c.57.

[^f00009]: 1982 c.50. Repealed by S.I. 2001/3649.

[^f00010]: 2002 c.29; section 317(2) was amended by section 50(1) and (7) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c.11).

[^f00011]: 2007 c.18.