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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-commissioner-order-2010/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/239",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-commissioner-order-2010",
  "path": "note",
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  "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 addition of the Committee on Climate Change is to correct an omission inadvertently made by the Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3115). It is subject to a note, which provides that no investigation is to be conducted in respect of action taken by or on behalf of the Committee in the exercise in or as regards Scotland of any function to the extent that the function is exercisable within devolved competence in Scotland, or in connection with functions of the Committee in relation to Wales. The following table shows the changes that have been made to Schedule 2 by this Order.\nBodies added\nBodies omitted\nChanges of name\nThe Committee on Climate Change\nAdvisory Committee on Advertising\nFrom “Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement” to “Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies”\nDisability Employment Advisory Committee\nBetter Regulation Commission\nFrom “Advisory Group on Medical Countermeasures” to “Advisory Group on Military Medicines”\nDisability Living Allowance Advisory Board\nCulture East Midlands\nFrom “Darwin Advisory Committee” to “Darwin Initiative”\nIndependent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody\nCulture North East\nFrom “Department for Energy and Climate Change” to “Department of Energy and Climate Change”\nIndependent Agricultural Appeals Panel\nCulture North West\nFrom “Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art” to “Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest”\nIndustrial Injuries Advisory Council\nCulture South East\nMedical Education England\nCulture South West\nThe National Archives\nCulture West Midlands\nNational Standing Committee on Farm Animal Genetic Resources\nEngland Implementation Group for the Animal Health and Welfare Strategy for Great Britain\nNuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board\nFuturebuilders Advisory Panel\nRegional Advisory Committees\nLiving East\nScience Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less Lethal Weapons\nNational Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group\nSocial Security Advisory Committee\nThe Quality Improvement Agency\nUK Anti-Doping Ltd.\nYorkshire Culture\nWaste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Board\nArticle 3 of this Order removes from Schedule 4 to the Act, the references to the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales) and Employment Tribunals (Scotland) and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The administrative staff of these tribunals are now part of the Tribunals Service, an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice. They are appointed by the Lord Chancellor and as such are covered by section 5(6) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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