# Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, Section 67: General interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In this Part—
“the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);
“enactment” includes—
(a)an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978;
(b)an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;
(c)an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales;
(d)an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation;
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“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c. 26);
“Northern Ireland devolved statistics” has the meaning given by section 66(4);
“Northern Ireland public authority” means a public authority whose functions—
(a)are exercisable only or mainly in or as regards Northern Ireland, and
(b)relate only or mainly to transferred matters;
“official statistics” has the meaning given by section 6(1);
“person responsible”, in relation to any official statistics, means—
(a)in the case of official statistics produced by the Board, the National Statistician,
(b)in the case of official statistics produced by a government department, the Minister in charge of the department, and
(c)in any other case, the person producing the statistics;
“personal information” has the meaning given by section 39(2);
“public authority” (except in section 40(1)) means—
(a)a person or body exercising functions of a public nature in the United Kingdom,
(b)a person or body entirely or substantially funded from public money,
(c)an office-holder appointed by a person or body falling within paragraph (a), or
(d)a body more than half of whose governing body or members are appointed by a person or body falling within paragraph (a);
“reserved matters” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46);
“rights and liabilities” includes rights and liabilities relating to employment;
“Scottish devolved statistics” has the meaning given by section 66(1) and (2);
“Scottish public authority” (except in section 40(3)) has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998;
“transferred matters” has the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47);
“Welsh devolved statistics” has the meaning given by section 66(3);
“Welsh ministerial authority” has the meaning given by section 6(5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/section/67 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statistics-and-registration-service-act-2007/section-67
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