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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-interest-disclosure-prescribed-persons-amendment-order-2003/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1993",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-interest-disclosure-prescribed-persons-amendment-order-2003",
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  "number": null,
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  "text": "First Column\nSecond Column\nPersons and descriptions of people\nDescriptions of matters\nAccounts Commission for Scotland and auditors appointed by the Commission to audit the accounts of local government bodies.\nThe proper conduct of public business, value for money, fraud and corruption in local government bodies.\nAudit Commission for England and Wales and auditors appointed by the Commission to audit the accounts of local government, and health service, bodies.\nThe proper conduct of public business, value for money, fraud and corruption in local government, and health service, bodies.\nCertification Officer.\nFraud, and other irregularities, relating to the financial affairs of trade unions and employers' associations.\nCharity Commissioners for England and Wales.\nThe proper administration of charities and of funds given or held for charitable purposes.\nThe Scottish Ministers.\nThe proper administration of charities and of funds given or held for charitable purposes.\nChief Executive of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.\nActual or potential miscarriages of justice.\nChief Executive of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.\nActual or potential miscarriages of justice.\nCivil Aviation Authority.\nCompliance with the requirements of civil aviation legislation, including aviation safety.\nThe competent authority under Part IV of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.\nThe listing of securities on a stock exchange; prospectuses on offers of transferable securities to the public.\nCommissioners of Customs and Excise.\nValue added tax, insurance premium tax, excise duties and landfill tax.\nThe import and export of prohibited or restricted goods.\nCommissioners of the Inland Revenue.\nIncome tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax, petroleum revenue tax, inheritance tax, stamp duties, national insurance contributions, statutory maternity pay, statutory sick pay, tax credits, child benefits, collection of student loans and the enforcement of the national minimum wage.\nComptroller and Auditor General of theNational Audit Office.\nThe proper conduct of public business, value for money, fraud and corruption in relation to the provision of centrally-funded public services.\nAuditor General for Wales.\nThe proper conduct of public business, value for money, fraud and corruption in relation to the provision of public services.\nAuditor General for Scotland and persons appointed by or on his behalf under the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 to act as auditors or examiners for the purposes of sections 21 to 24 of that Act.\nThe proper conduct of public business, value for money, fraud and corruption in relation to the provision of public services.\nAudit Scotland.\nThe proper conduct of public business, value for money, fraud and corruption in public bodies.\nDirector General of Electricity Supply.\nThe generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity, and activities ancillary to these matters.\nDirector General of Gas Supply.\nThe transportation, shipping and supply of gas through pipes, and activities ancillary to these matters.\nDirector General of Telecommunications.\nThe provision and use of telecommunications systems, services and apparatus.\nDirector General of Water Services.\nThe supply of water and the provision of sewerage services.\nWater Industry Commissioner for Scotland.\nThe supply of water and the provision of sewerage services.\nDirector of the Serious Fraud Office.\nSerious or complex fraud.\nLord Advocate, Scotland.\nSerious or complex fraud.\nEnvironment Agency.\nActs or omissions which have an actual or potential effect on the environment or the management or regulation of the environment, including those relating to pollution, abstraction of water, flooding, the flow in rivers, inland fisheries and migratory salmon or trout.\nScottish Environment Protection Agency.\nActs or omissions which have an actual or potential effect on the environment or the management or regulation of the environment, including those relating to flood warning systems and pollution.\nFood Standards Agency.\nMatters which may affect the health of any member of the public in relation to the consumption of food and other matters concerning the protection of the interests of consumers in relation to food.\nFinancial Services Authority.\nThe carrying on of investment business or of insurance business; the operation of banks and building societies, deposit-taking businesses and wholesale money market regimes; the operation of friendly societies, benevolent societies, working men’s clubs, specially authorised societies, and industrial and provident societies; the functioning of financial markets, investment exchanges and clearing houses; money laundering, financial crime, and other serious financial misconduct, in connection with activities regulated by the Financial Services Authority.\nGeneral Social Care Council.\nMatters relating to the registration of social care workers under the Care Standards Act 2000.\nCare Council for Wales.\nMatters relating to the registration of social care workers under the Care Standards Act 2000.\nScottish Social Services Council.\nMatters relating to the registration of the social services workforce by the Scottish Social Services Council.\nChildren’s Commissioner for Wales.\nMatters relating to the rights and welfare of children.\nHealth and Safety Executive.\nMatters which may affect the health or safety of any individual at work; matters, which may affect the health and safety of any member of the public, arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work.\nHousing Corporation.\nThe registration and operation of registered social landlords, including their administration of public and private funds and management of their housing stock.\nLocal authorities which are responsible for the enforcement of health and safety legislation.\nMatters which may affect the health or safety of any individual at work; matters, which may affect the health and safety of any member of the public, arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work.\nInformation Commissioner.\nCompliance with the requirements of legislation relating to data protection and to freedom of information.\nScottish Information Commissioner.\nCompliance with the requirements of legislation relating to freedom of information.\nNational Care Standards Commission.\nMatters relating to the provision of regulated care services, as defined in the Care Standards Act 2000.\nNational Assembly for Wales.\nMatters relating to the provision of social care services liable to be registered or inspected under the Care Standards Act 2000 or the Children Act 1989.\nThe registration and operation of registered social landlords, including their administration of public and private funds and management of their housing stock.\nScottish Commission for the Regulation of Care.\nMatters relating to the provision of care services, as defined in the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001.\nOccupational Pensions Regulatory Authority.\nMatters relating to occupational pension schemes and other private pension arrangements.\nOffice of Fair Trading.\nMatters concerning the sale of goods or the supply of services, which adversely affect the interests of consumers.\nCompetition affecting markets in the United Kingdom.\nRail Regulator.\nThe provision and supply of railway services.\nStandards Board for England.\nBreaches by a member or co-opted member of a relevant authority (as defined in section 49(6) of the Local Government Act 2000) of that authority’s code of conduct.\nLocal Commissioner in Wales.\nBreaches by a member or co-opted member of a relevant authority (as defined in section 49(6) of the Local Government Act 2000) of that authority’s code of conduct.\nStandards Commission for Scotland and the Chief Investigating Officer.\nBreaches by a councillor or a member of a devolved public body (as defined in section 28 of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000) of the code of conduct applicable to that councillor or member under that Act.\nTreasury.\nThe carrying on of insurance business.\nSecretary of State for Trade and Industry.\nFraud, and other misconduct, in relation to companies, investment business, insurance business, or multi-level marketing schemes (and similar trading schemes); insider dealing.\nConsumer safety.\nSecretary of State for Transport.\nCompliance with merchant shipping law, including maritime safety.\nLocal authorities which are responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection legislation.\nCompliance with the requirements of consumer protection legislation.\nLocal authorities which are responsible for the enforcement of food standards.\nCompliance with the requirements of food safety legislation.\nA person (“person A”) carrying out functions, by virtue of legislation, relating to relevant failures falling within one or more matters within a description of matters in respect of which another person (“person B”) is prescribed by this Order, where person B was previously responsible for carrying out the same or substantially similar functions and has ceased to be so responsible.\nMatters falling within the description of matters in respect of which person B is prescribed by this Order, to the extent that those matters relate to functions currently carried out by person A.",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 (c. 8)."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 asp 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 (c. 14)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1989 (c. 41)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2001 asp 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "2000 (c. 22)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "2000 asp 7."
    }
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