Freely Available British and Irish Public Legal Information
[Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Multidatabase Search] [Help] [Feedback]
United Kingdom Statutory Instruments
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Statutory Instruments >> The Official Statistics Order 2009 No. 753
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/legis/num_reg/2009/uksi_20090753_en_1.html
[New search] [Help]
The Official Statistics Order 2009
Made
19th March 2009
Coming into force in accordance with Article 1(2)
This Order is made by the Minister for the Cabinet Office in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1)(b) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007(1).
In accordance with section 6(3) of that Act the Minister has consulted with the Statistics Board.
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
1.–(1) This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics Order 2009.
(2) This Order comes into force on 1st April 2009 or, if made on or after that date, the day after it is made.
Revocation
2. The Official Statistics Order 2008(2) is revoked.
Official Statistics
3.–(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.
Liam Byrne
Minister for the Cabinet Office
19th March 2009
Article 3(1)
SCHEDULE
Arts Council of England
Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England
Board of the Pension Protection Fund
British Tourist Authority
British Transport Police Authority
Care Quality Commission
Certification Officer
Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
Coal Authority
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Commission for Rural Communities
Competition Commission
Consumer Council for Water
Consumer Panel established under section 16 of the Communications Act 2003(3)
Design Council
English Sports Council
Environment Agency
Financial Services Authority
Gambling Commission
Gas and Electricity Consumer Council
Health and Social Care Information Centre
Health Protection Agency
Her Majesty´s Inspectors of Constabulary
Higher Education Statistics Agency
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
Homes and Communities Agency
Independent Police Complaints Commission
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Judicial Appointments Commission
Learning and Skills Council for England
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
National Consumer Council
National Lottery Commission
National Patient Safety Agency
National Policing Improvement Agency
National Treatment Agency
Natural England
Natural Environment Research Council
Northern Ireland Policing Board
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Office of Communications
Parole Board
Pensions Regulator
Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Probation Board for Northern Ireland
Rail Passengers Council
Regulator of Social Housing
School Food Trust
Student Loans Company
Sustainable Development Commission
Training and Development Agency for Schools
UK Film Council
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
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 revokes the Official Statistics Order 2008 and provides an enlarged list of persons in the Schedule. The Schedule lists 54 persons of which 28 are new, and 10 are omitted from the list in previous Order. This Order has the effect of designating the statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule as official statistics.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.