Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 2921

The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2003

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2003 No. 2921

PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER

The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2003

	Made	13th November 2003
	Laid before Parliament	20th November 2003
	Coming into force	16th December 2003

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of November 2003
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in pursuance of sections 4(2) and 5(9) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: - 

    1.This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2003 and shall come into force on 16th December 2003.

    2.The Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 shall be amended as follows.

    3.In Schedule 2: - 

(a) insert the following entries in the appropriate place in alphabetical order:

    Adult Learning Inspectorate

    Advisory Council on Historical Manuscripts

    Advisory Council on National Records and Archives

    Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee

    Learning and Skills Council for England

    The Office of Communications

    The National Community Forum

    The Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission

    Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries

    Sector Skills Development Agency

    UK Film Council

(b) delete the following entries:

    Advisory Board on Family Law

    Agricultural Training Board

    Apple and Pear Research Council

    Arts Council of Great Britain

    Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work

    Civil Service Commission

    Clinical Standards Advisory Group

    Clothing and Allied Products Industry Training Board

    Commissioner for Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action

    Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members

    Committee of Investigation for Great Britain

    Consumer Panel

    Consumers' Committee for Great Britain under the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958

    Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas

    Crafts Council

    Department for National Savings

    Development corporations for new towns

    Docklands Light Railway

    Food Advisory Committee

    Further Education Funding Council for England

    Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board

    Local Government Commission for England

    London Regional Passengers' Committee

    Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct

    Museums and Galleries Commission

    National Film and Television School

    Occupational Pensions Board

    Plastics Processing Industry Training Board

    Road Transport Industry Training Board

    Sports Council

    Staff Commission for Wales (Comisiwn Staff Cymru)

    Traffic Director for London

    United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards

    Yorkshire Region Electricity Consumers' Committee

(c) for "The Simpler Trade Procedures Board" substitute "SITPRO Ltd";

(d) for "Engineering Industry Training Board" substitute "Engineering Construction Industry Training Board";

(e) for "Qualifications Curriculum Authority" substitute "Qualifications and Curriculum Authority";

(f) for "The Lord Chancellor's Department" substitute "The Department for Constitutional Affairs";

(g) for "Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England" substitute " Boundary Commission for England";

(h) for "Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales" substitute "Boundary Commission for Wales ";

(i) for "Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland" substitute "Boundary Commission for Scotland";

(j) for "Stationery Office" substitute "Her Majesty's Stationery Office";

(k) for "Welsh Office" substitute "Wales Office";

(l) insert as Note A2 "The reference to the Department for Constitutional Affairs includes the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Public Trustee";

(m) delete Note 4; and

(n) delete Note 8A.

    4.In Schedule 4:

(a) insert in the appropriate place in alphabetical order the following entries: - 

    Traffic Commissioners appointed under section 4 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981[2]

    Adjudicators appointed under article 7 (1) (b) of the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 [3]

(b) delete the following entries: - 

    Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Scotland constituted under section 6 of, and the Schedule to, the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943[4]

    Financial Services Tribunal constituted under section 96 of the Financial Services Act 1986[5]

(c) for "Special Educational Needs Tribunal constituted under section177 of the Education Act 1993" substitute "Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal".

A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967. It adds the bodies referred to in article 3(a) to the list of departments and authorities which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration; deletes from that list those bodies referred to in article 3(b); and amends those entries in the list referred to in articles 3(c) to (k). This Order deletes Notes 4 and 8A from Schedule 2 and inserts a new Note A2 as referred to in articles 3(l) to 3 (n). This Order adds the tribunals referred to in article 4(a) to the list of tribunals whose administrative functions may be subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration under the terms of section 5 (7). The tribunals referred to in article 4(b) of this order are deleted from that list. The entry in respect of the tribunal referred to in article 4(c) is amended.

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Notes:

[1] 1967 c. 13.back

[2] 1981 c. 14.back

[3] S.I. 2002/796 (N.I. 1).back

[4] 1943 c. 39.back

[5] 1986 c. 60.back

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