The Official Statistics (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012

Made: 31st May 2012

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

In accordance with section 65(6)(a) of that Act[^f00002], 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 Order2012 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 2008[^f00003] substitute—

(2) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), wholly Scottish devolved statistics[^f00004] produced, 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 Limited[^f00005], 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.

SCHEDULE — Persons specified as producers of official statistics

• NHS24[^f00006]

• Scottish Ambulance Service Board[^f00007]

• Scottish Social Services Council[^f00008]

• Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland[^f00009]

• Sustrans Limited

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Executive — 31st May 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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 2008 by adding fiveadditional persons to the list of persons specified as producers of official statistics. In relation to Sustrans Limited, only statistics produced or to be produced by Sustrans on behalf of the Scottish Ministers are specified as official statistics for the purposes of section 6 of the 2007 Act (article 2).

Statistics specified are specified in addition to official statistics produced by the Statistics Board, a government department, the Scottish Administration, a Welsh ministerial authority, a Northern Ireland department, or any other person acting on behalf of the Crown, under section 6(1)(a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, or specified in another order under that section.

A full Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the cost of business.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2007 c.18 (“the 2007 Act”).

[^f00002]: Section 65(6)(a) has been modified by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

[^f00003]: S.S.I.2008/131, amended by S.S.I.2010/448.

[^f00004]: “Scottish devolved statistics” is defined in section 66 of the 2007 Act.

[^f00005]: Sustrans Limited is a company limited by guarantee registered in United Kingdom No. 01797726 and a charity registered in Scotland No. SCO39236.

[^f00006]: See article 3 of the NHS 24 (Scotland) Order 2001 (S.S.I.2001/137).

[^f00007]: See article3 of the Scottish Ambulance Service Board Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/686).

[^f00008]: See section43 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp8).

[^f00009]: See section44 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp8).