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The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2015

S.I. 2015/2062 · Made 17 December 2015

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Government Resources And Accounts

Made 17th December 2015

Laid before Parliament 18th December 2015

Coming into force 31st January 2016

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 National Archives and HM Revenue and Customs
  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 2015.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 31st January 2016.

(3)

In this Order—

(a)

the reference to “Table 21 (Cabinet Office)” in article 2(9) is a reference to that table in the Schedule to the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2015f1 (“the Principal Order”); and

(b)

except in article 2(9) and Schedule 3, any other reference to a table is a reference to column 2 of a table in the Principal Order.

2Amendment to designations

(1)

The Principal Order 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 4 (Department for Transport)—

(a)

for “Network Rail” substitute “Network Rail Limited”, and

(b)

for “Passenger Focus” substitute “Passengers’ Council”.

(5)

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

(a)

for “Office of Fair Access” substitute “Office for Fair Access”,

(b)

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

(c)

for “UK GIB Financial Services Limited” substitute “UK Green Investment Bank Financial Services Limited”.

(6)

In Table 9 (Ministry of Justice), for “Victims’ Commissioner” substitute “Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses”.

(7)

In Table 16 (Department for Culture, Media and Sport), for “BBC World Service” substitute “BBC World Service Holdings Ltd”.

(8)

In Table 20 (HM Treasury), for “Northern Rock Asset Management plc” substitute “NRAM plc”.

(9)

After Table 21 (Cabinet Office), insert the tables in Schedule 3 to this Order.

Signature

George Hollingbery

John Penrose

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

17th December 2015

Schedule 1Bodies to be inserted into Tables

Commission for Equality and Human Rights

Schedule 2Bodies to be omitted from Tables

NHS Medical Assets England Ltd

Porton Biopharma Ltd

Schedule 3Designated bodies in relation to the National Archives and HM Revenue and Customs

Table 22

The National Archives

DepartmentDesignated body
The National ArchivesAdvisory Council on National Records and Archives
Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information

Table 23

HM Revenue and Customs

DepartmentDesignated body
HM Revenue and CustomsRevenue & Customs Digital Technology Services 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 2015 (S.I. 2015/632), 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 2016.

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