Statistics and Registration Service Bill

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Statistics and Registration Service Bill

Statistics and Registration Service Bill

[AS AMENDED IN PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEE]

Contents
Part 1
The Statistics Board
The Statistics Board
1
Establishment
2
Status
Members and staff
3
Members
4
Non-executive members
5
Executive members and other staff
Official statistics: introductory
6
Official statistics
7
Objective
General functions relating to official statistics
8
Monitoring and reporting of official statistics
9
Definitions etc for official statistics
National Statistics
10
Code of Practice for National Statistics
11
Pre-release access
12
Assessment
13
Re-assessment
14
Programme of assessment
15
Principles and procedures
16
List of National Statistics
17
Code: transitional

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Production of statistics
18
Production of statistics
19
Retail prices index
Additional statistical functions
20
Statistical services
21
Statistical research
22
Delegated functions
Census etc
23
Census etc
Functions: supplementary
24
Ancillary powers
25
Reports
26
Efficiency etc
27
Directions
Organisation and administration
28
National Statistician: advisory functions
29
National Statistician: executive functions
30
Head of Assessment
31
Separation of functions
32
Committees
33
Delegation
34
Proceedings: supplementary
Use and disclosure of information by the Board
35
Use of information by the Board
36
Confidentiality of personal information
37
Freedom of information
38
Disclosure of information to service providers
Information sharing
39
Information relating to births and deaths etc
40
Information relating to NHS registration
41
Information relating to NHS registration: Wales
42
Information held by HMRC
43
Information sharing: supplementary amendments
Information sharing: supplementary powers
44
Power to authorise disclosure to the Board
45
Power to authorise disclosure to the Board: Scotland
46
Power to authorise disclosure to the Board: Northern Ireland
47
Power to authorise use of information by the Board
48
Power to authorise disclosure by the Board
49
Power to authorise disclosure by the Board: Scotland

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Power to authorise disclosure by the Board: Northern Ireland
51
Data Protection Act 1998 and Human Rights Act 1998
Consequential
52
Cessation of Office for National Statistics etc
53
Transfers etc from ONS to the Board
54
Transfers etc from Registrar General to the Board
55
Transfers etc from Ministers of the Crown to the Board
56
Provision of services and facilities by the Board
57
Consequential amendments
Miscellaneous
58
Money
59
Evidence
60
Investigation by Parliamentary Commissioner
61
House of Commons etc disqualification
General
62
Orders and regulations
63
Devolved statistics
64
General interpretation
Part 2
Registration service
65
Establishment of Registrar General as corporation sole
66
Employment status of officials
67
Superintendent registrars and registrars
68
Deputy superintendent registrars and registrars
69
Additional registrars of marriages
Part 3
General
70
Repeals
71
Commencement
72
Extent
73
Short title
Schedule 1   —
Transfer of functions from Registrar General: amendments
Schedule 2   —
Information sharing: supplementary amendments
Schedule 3   —
Replacement of ONS by the Board: consequential
Schedule 4   —
Repeals
Part 1   —
Repeals relating to Part 1
Part 2   —
Repeals relating to Part 2

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Revised 26 January 2007