Article 2 InterpretationI1

In this Order–

• “the Act” means the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007;

• “the Code of Practice” means the Code of Practice for Statistics published under section 10 of the Act;

• F1“economic statistics”—

  1. (a)

     includes official statistics concerning devolved and local taxes, local government finance, labour productivity, exports, capital and revenue outturn budget estimates, government expenditure and revenue, oil production and gas production; but

  2. (b)

     does not include statistics produced by the Scottish Ministers in the exercise of a function which is exercisable by them pursuant to an Order made under section 63(1)(a) of the Scotland Act 1998.

• “market-sensitive statistics” means official statistics which when disclosed would, in the opinion of the person responsible, be reasonably likely to have a significant effect on the value or traded volume of any investment;

• “Northern Ireland Minister” includes a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly appointed as a junior Minister under section 19 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998^f1;

• “official statistics” has the meaning given by section 6(1) of the Act;

• “person responsible” has the meaning given by section 67 of the Act;

• “pre-release access” has the meaning given by section 11(8) of the Act;

• “Scottish devolved statistics” has the meaning given by section 66 of the Act;

• “the UK Statistics Authority” means the Statistics Board (Am Bòrd an Staitistig) established under section 1 of the Act; and

• “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning, or any other day when the offices of the person responsible are closed.