SCHEDULE
Article 3
Persons specified as producers of official statistics
NHS 246
Scottish Ambulance Service Board7
Scottish Social Services Council8
Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland9
Sustrans Limited
The Official Statistics (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2012/196 |
| Year | 2012 |
2012 No. 196
Official Statistics
The Official Statistics (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012
Made 31th May 2012
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1)(b)(ii) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 20071and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 6(3) of that Act, they have consulted the Statistics Board.
In accordance with section 65(6)(a) of that Act2, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Amendments to the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008
2. For article 2 (official statistics) of the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 20083substitute—
“2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), wholly Scottish devolved statistics4produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule are specified as official statistics for the purposes of section 6(1)(b) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.
(2) In relation to Sustrans Limited5, only statistics produced, or to be produced, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers are so specified.”.
3. In the Schedule to the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008, where alphabetically appropriate, insert the persons listed in the Schedule to this Order.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
31st May 2012
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies that wholly Scottish devolved statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule are official statistics. “Scottish devolved statistics” is defined in section 66 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”).
This Order amends the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order...
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