Statistics and Registration Service Bill

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Statistics and Registration Service Bill

Statistics and Registration Service Bill

[AS AMENDED ON REPORT]

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
Duty to continue to comply with Code
13
Re-assessment
14
Programme of assessment
15
Requests for assessment: supplementary
16
Principles and procedures
17
List of National Statistics
18
Code: transitional

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Production of statistics
19
Production of statistics
20
Retail prices index
Additional statistical functions
21
Statistical services
22
Statistical research
23
Delegated functions
Census etc
24
Census etc
Functions: supplementary
25
Ancillary powers
26
Reports
27
Efficiency etc
28
Directions
Organisation and administration
29
National Statistician: advisory functions
30
National Statistician: executive functions
31
Executive office
32
Head of Assessment
33
Separation of functions
34
Committees
35
Delegation
36
Proceedings: supplementary
Use and disclosure of information by the Board
37
Use of information by the Board
38
Confidentiality of personal information
39
Freedom of information
40
Disclosure of information to service providers
Information sharing
41
Information relating to births and deaths etc
42
Information relating to NHS registration
43
Information relating to NHS registration: Wales
44
Information held by HMRC
45
Information sharing: supplementary amendments
Information sharing: supplementary powers
46
Power to authorise disclosure to the Board
47
Power to authorise disclosure to the Board: Scotland
48
Power to authorise disclosure to the Board: Northern Ireland
49
Power to authorise use of information by the Board
50
Power to authorise disclosure by the Board

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Power to authorise disclosure by the Board: Scotland
52
Power to authorise disclosure by the Board: Northern Ireland
53
Data Protection Act 1998 and Human Rights Act 1998
Consequential
54
Cessation of Office for National Statistics etc
55
Transfers etc from ONS to the Board
56
Transfers etc from Registrar General to the Board
57
Transfers etc from Ministers of the Crown to the Board
58
Provision of services and facilities by the Board
59
Consequential amendments
Miscellaneous
60
Money
61
Evidence
62
Investigation by Parliamentary Commissioner
63
House of Commons etc disqualification
General
64
Orders and regulations
65
Devolved statistics
66
General interpretation
Part 2
Registration service
67
Establishment of Registrar General as corporation sole
68
Employment status of officials
69
Superintendent registrars and registrars
70
Deputy superintendent registrars and registrars
71
Additional registrars of marriages
Part 3
General
72
Repeals
73
Commencement
74
Extent
75
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 19 June 2007