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The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/3314 · Made 16 December 2014

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Government Resources And Accounts

Made 16th December 2014

Laid before Parliament 17th December 2014

Coming into force 31st January 2015

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4A(3) and (4) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000f1, make the following Order.

In accordance with section 4A(8) of that Act the Treasury have consulted, where they think it appropriate, the Scottish Ministers, the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland and the Welsh Ministers.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c.20. Section 4A was inserted into the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 by section 43(2) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c.25).

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment to designations
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule 1Bodies to be inserted into Tables
  5. Schedule 2Bodies to be omitted from Tables
  6. Schedule 3Designated bodies in relation to the Water Services Regulation Authority
  7. Explanatory note

1Title, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2014.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 31st January 2015.

(3)

In this Order—

(a)

the reference to “Table 20 (Cabinet Office)” in article 2(7) is a reference to that table in the Schedule to the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2014f1; and

(b)

except in article 2(7) and Schedule 3, any other reference to a table is a reference to column 2 of a table in the Schedule to the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2014.

2Amendment to designations

(1)

The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2014 is amended as follows.

(2)

In each table mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Order, insert at the appropriate place the bodies which are listed for that table.

(3)

In each table mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Order, omit the bodies which are listed for that table.

(4)

In Table 6 (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)—

(a)

for “Certification Officer” substitute “Certification Office for Trade Union and Employers’ Associations”,

(b)

for “Director of Fair Access to Higher Education” substitute “Office for Fair Access”,

(c)

for “Postal Services Holding Company plc” substitute “Postal Services Holding Company Limited”, and

(d)

for “UK GIB 2 Limited” substitute “UK Green Investment Community Lending Limited”.

(5)

In Table 9 (Ministry of Justice), for “Prisons and Probation Ombudsman” substitute “Office of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales”.

(6)

In Table 15 (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)—

(a)

for “Stratford Village Management Company Ltd” substitute “East Village Management Limited”,

(b)

for “UK Sports Council” substitute “The United Kingdom Sports Council”, and

(c)

for “UK Sports Lottery” substitute “The United Kingdom Sports Council Lottery”.

(7)

After Table 20 (Cabinet Office), insert the table in Schedule 3 to this Order.

Signature

Gavin Barwell

Harriet Baldwin

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

16th December 2014

Schedule 1Bodies to be inserted into Tables

NHS Medical Assets England Ltd

Porton Biopharma Ltd

Schedule 2Bodies to be omitted from Tables

London and Continental Railways Limited

Schedule 3Designated bodies in relation to the Water Services Regulation Authority

Table 21

Water Services Regulation Authority

DepartmentDesignated body
Water Services Regulation AuthorityOpen Water Market Limited

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/531), which designates specified central government bodies in relation to named government departments for the purpose of those departments’ supply estimates and resource accounts. The effect of the amendments is that additional bodies are designated, the names of some bodies are changed and some bodies are no longer designated.

The designations have effect for the financial year which ends on 31st March 2015.

This Order will have no effect on the costs of business or the voluntary sector. For that reason no impact assessment has been produced.