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2003 No. 2921

PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER

The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2003

  Made 13th November 2003 
  Laid before Parliament 20th November 2003 
  Coming into force 16th December 2003 

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of November 2003

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in pursuance of sections 4(2) and 5(9) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: - 

     1. This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2003 and shall come into force on 16th December 2003.

    
2. The Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 shall be amended as follows.

    
3. In Schedule 2: - 

    (a) insert the following entries in the appropriate place in alphabetical order:

         Adult Learning Inspectorate

         Advisory Council on Historical Manuscripts

         Advisory Council on National Records and Archives

         Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee

         Learning and Skills Council for England

         The Office of Communications

         The National Community Forum

         The Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission

         Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries

         Sector Skills Development Agency

         UK Film Council

    (b) delete the following entries:

         Advisory Board on Family Law

         Agricultural Training Board

         Apple and Pear Research Council

         Arts Council of Great Britain

         Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work

         Civil Service Commission

         Clinical Standards Advisory Group

         Clothing and Allied Products Industry Training Board

         Commissioner for Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action

         Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members

         Committee of Investigation for Great Britain

         Consumer Panel

         Consumers' Committee for Great Britain under the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958

         Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas

         Crafts Council

         Department for National Savings

         Development corporations for new towns

         Docklands Light Railway

         Food Advisory Committee

         Further Education Funding Council for England

         Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board

         Local Government Commission for England

         London Regional Passengers' Committee

         Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct

         Museums and Galleries Commission

         National Film and Television School

         Occupational Pensions Board

         Plastics Processing Industry Training Board

         Road Transport Industry Training Board

         Sports Council

         Staff Commission for Wales (Comisiwn Staff Cymru)

         Traffic Director for London

         United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards

         Yorkshire Region Electricity Consumers' Committee

    (c) for "The Simpler Trade Procedures Board" substitute "SITPRO Ltd";

    (d) for "Engineering Industry Training Board" substitute "Engineering Construction Industry Training Board";

    (e) for "Qualifications Curriculum Authority" substitute "Qualifications and Curriculum Authority";

    (f) for "The Lord Chancellor's Department" substitute "The Department for Constitutional Affairs";

    (g) for "Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England" substitute " Boundary Commission for England";

    (h) for "Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales" substitute "Boundary Commission for Wales ";

    (i) for "Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland" substitute "Boundary Commission for Scotland";

    (j) for "Stationery Office" substitute "Her Majesty's Stationery Office";

    (k) for "Welsh Office" substitute "Wales Office";

    (l) insert as Note A2 "The reference to the Department for Constitutional Affairs includes the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Public Trustee";

    (m) delete Note 4; and

    (n) delete Note 8A.

     4. In Schedule 4:

    (a) insert in the appropriate place in alphabetical order the following entries: - 

         Traffic Commissioners appointed under section 4 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981[
    2]

         Adjudicators appointed under article 7 (1) (b) of the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 [3]

    (b) delete the following entries: - 

         Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Scotland constituted under section 6 of, and the Schedule to, the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943[4]

         Financial Services Tribunal constituted under section 96 of the Financial Services Act 1986[5]

    (c) for "Special Educational Needs Tribunal constituted under section177 of the Education Act 1993" substitute "Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal".


A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order amends the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967. It adds the bodies referred to in article 3(a) to the list of departments and authorities which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration; deletes from that list those bodies referred to in article 3(b); and amends those entries in the list referred to in articles 3(c) to (k). This Order deletes Notes 4 and 8A from Schedule 2 and inserts a new Note A2 as referred to in articles 3(l) to 3 (n). This Order adds the tribunals referred to in article 4(a) to the list of tribunals whose administrative functions may be subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration under the terms of section 5 (7). The tribunals referred to in article 4(b) of this order are deleted from that list. The entry in respect of the tribunal referred to in article 4(c) is amended.


Notes:

[1] 1967 c. 13.back

[2] 1981 c. 14.back

[3] S.I. 2002/796 (N.I. 1).back

[4] 1943 c. 39.back

[5] 1986 c. 60.back



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  Prepared 25 November 2003

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