{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-statistics-order-2023/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-statistics-order-2023/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/878",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Statistics Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-statistics-order-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Official Statistics\nMade 27th July 2023\nComing into force 28th July 2023\nThe Minister of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1)(b) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.\nIn accordance with section 6(3) of that Act, the Minister has consulted the Statistics Board.\nIn 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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2007 c. 18."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/878/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:41:45.817746+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}