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The Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

S.R. 2012/2 · Made 5 January 2012 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Official Statistics

Made 5th January 2012

Affirmed by resolution of the Assembly on 21st February 2012

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

The Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by 6 (1)(b) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007f1.

In accordance with section 6 (3) of that Act the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland has consulted the Statistics Boardf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c.18.

f2

The Statistics Board is also known as the UK Statistics Authority.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Official Statistics - wholly Northern Ireland devolved official statistics
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schedule
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2012.

2InterpretationI1

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f1 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

3Official Statistics - wholly Northern Ireland devolved official statisticsI1

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 wholly Northern Ireland devolved statisticsf1 produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule to this Order are specified as official statistics for the purposes of section 6 (1)(b) of that Act.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 5th January 2012

L.S.

T.N. Caven

A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

I1

  • Agri-food and Biosciences Institute

  • Arts Council of Northern Ireland

  • Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland

  • Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

  • F1Education Authority

  • Invest Northern Ireland

  • Labour Relations Agency

  • Livestock & Meat Commission for Northern Ireland

  • Northern Ireland Cancer Registry at Queens University Belfast

  • Northern Ireland Housing Executive

  • Northern Ireland Library Authority

  • Northern Ireland Policing Board

  • Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

  • Probation Board for Northern Ireland

  • Regional Business Services Organisation

  • Sport NI

  • The Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Wellbeing

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the order)

Section 6 (1)(a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (“the Act”) 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 is made under section 6 (1)(b) and (2) of the Act, which allows orders to be made to specify other persons as producers of official statistics. This order designates the statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule as official statistics. This order applies to devolved Northern Ireland statistics as defined in section 66 of the Act.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this statutory rule as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.