Statistics and Registration Service Bill

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Statistics and Registration Service Bill

Statistics and Registration Service Bill

[AS AMENDED IN 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
Assessment
12
Re-assessment
13
Programme of assessment
14
Principles and procedures
15
List of National Statistics
16
Code: transitional
Production of statistics
17
Production of statistics

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Retail prices index
Additional statistical functions
19
Statistical services
20
Statistical research
21
Delegated functions
Census etc
22
Census etc
Functions: supplementary
23
Ancillary powers
24
Reports
25
Efficiency etc
26
Directions
Organisation and administration
27
National Statistician: advisory functions
28
National Statistician: executive functions
29
Head of Assessment
30
Separation of functions
31
Committees
32
Delegation
33
Proceedings: supplementary
Use and disclosure of information by the Board
34
Use of information by the Board
35
Confidentiality of personal information
36
Freedom of information
37
Disclosure of information to service providers
Information sharing
38
Information relating to births and deaths etc
39
Information relating to NHS registration
40
Information relating to NHS registration: Wales
41
Information held by HMRC
42
Information sharing: supplementary amendments
Information sharing: supplementary powers
43
Power to authorise disclosure to the Board
44
Power to authorise disclosure to the Board: Scotland
45
Power to authorise disclosure to the Board: Northern Ireland
46
Power to authorise use of information by the Board
47
Power to authorise disclosure by the Board
48
Power to authorise disclosure by the Board: Scotland
49
Power to authorise disclosure by the Board: Northern Ireland
50
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Consequential
51
Cessation of Office for National Statistics etc
52
Transfers etc from ONS to the Board
53
Transfers etc from Registrar General to the Board
54
Transfers etc from Ministers of the Crown to the Board
55
Provision of services and facilities by the Board
56
Consequential amendments
Miscellaneous
57
Money
58
Evidence
59
Investigation by Parliamentary Commissioner
60
House of Commons etc disqualification
General
61
Orders and regulations
62
Devolved statistics
63
General interpretation
Part 2
Registration service
64
Establishment of Registrar General as corporation sole
65
Employment status of officials
66
Superintendent registrars and registrars
67
Deputy superintendent registrars and registrars
68
Additional registrars of marriages
Part 3
General
69
Repeals
70
Commencement
71
Extent
72
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 25 May 2007