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The Official Statistics (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012

S.S.I. 2012/196 · Made 31 May 2012

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Official Statistics

Made 31st May 2012

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1)(b)(ii) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 6(3) of that Act, they have consulted the Statistics Board.

In accordance with section 65(6)(a) of that Actf2, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c. 18 (“the 2007 Act”).

f2

Section 65(6)(a) has been modified by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008
  3. 3Amendments to the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Persons specified as producers of official statistics
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2Amendments to the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008

For article 2 (official statistics) of the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008f1 substitute—

“2.
(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), wholly Scottish devolved statisticsf2 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 the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

(2)

In relation to Sustrans Limitedf3, only statistics produced, or to be produced, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers are so specified.”.

3Amendments to the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008

In the Schedule to the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008, where alphabetically appropriate, insert the persons listed in the Schedule to this Order.

Signature

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

31st May 2012

Persons specified as producers of official statistics

  • NHS 24f1

  • Scottish Ambulance Service Boardf2

  • Scottish Social Services Councilf3

  • Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotlandf4

  • Sustrans Limited

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies that wholly Scottish devolved statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule are official statistics. “Scottish devolved statistics” is defined in section 66 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”).

This Order amends the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008 by adding five additional persons to the list of persons specified as producers of official statistics. In relation to Sustrans Limited, only statistics produced or to be produced by Sustrans on behalf of the Scottish Ministers are specified as official statistics for the purposes of section 6 of the 2007 Act (article 2).

Statistics specified are specified in addition to official 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, under section 6(1)(a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, or specified in another order under that section.

A full Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the cost of business.