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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-commissioner-order-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3115",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-commissioner-order-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (‘the Act’). Article 2 of this Order substitutes the Schedule to this Order for Schedule 2 to the Act (Departments etc. subject to investigation). The following table shows the changes that have been made to Schedule 2 by this Order.\nBodies added\nBodies omitted\nChanges of name\nAdvisory Committee on Consumer Engagement\nAdvisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration\nFrom “Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions” to “Central Advisory Committee on Pensions and Compensation”\nCapital for Enterprise Limited\nAdvisory Panel on Country Information\nFrom “England Implementation Group” to “England Implementation Group for the Animal Health and Welfare Strategy for Great Britain”\nDepartment for Energy and Climate Change\nBritish Association for Central and Eastern Europe\nFrom “Defence Scientific Advisory Committee” to “Defence Scientific Advisory Council”.\nThe Ethics Group: National DNA Database\nComplaints Audit Committee\nFilm Industry Training Board for England and Wales\nIndependent Living (1993) Fund\nGovernment Equalities Office\nIndependent Living (Extension) Fund\nIndependent Barring Board\nMuseum of London\nNational Clinical Audit Advisory Group\nNational Victims Advisory Panel\nNational Joint Registry Steering Committee\nSector Skills Development Agency\nNorthern Ireland Law Commission\nSocial Fund Commissioner\nSocial Science Research Committee\nStrategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy\nUK Commission for Employment and Skills\nWorking Ventures UK\nArticles 3 and 4 of this Order omit from paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Act a number of bodies that are no longer in existence.\nArticle 5 removes from Schedule 4 to the Act, the reference to the Mental Health Tribunal for Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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