Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967

NOTES U.K.

Yn ddilys o 24/02/2003

[F1 A1 In the case of the Director of the Assets Recovery Agency an investigation under this Act may be conducted only in respect of the exercise of functions vested in him by virtue of a notice served on the Commissioners of Inland Revenue under section 317(2), 321(2) or 322(2) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Inland Revenue functions).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Note A1 inserted (24.2.2003) by 2002 c. 29, ss. 456, 458(1), Sch. 11 para. 2(3); S.I. 2003/120, art. 2, Sch. (subject to arts. 3-7)

Yn ddilys o 16/12/2003

A2 The reference to the Department for Constitutional Affairs includes the Lord Chancellor’s Department and the Public Trustee

1 The reference to the Ministry of Defence includes the Defence Council, the Admiralty Board, the Army Board and the Air Force Board.

Yn ddilys o 01/04/1996

[F2 1A The reference to the Environment Agency is a reference to that Agency in relation to all its functions other than its flood defence functions, within the meaning of the M1 Water Resources Act 1991.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 2 Note 1A inserted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 11(b) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, 120, Sch. 23 para. 10(3)(temp.)); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

Marginal Citations

M1 1991 c. 57.

Yn ddilys o 01/07/1999

[F3 1B In the case of the Forestry Commission no investigation under this Act shall be conducted in respect of any action in connection with functions of the Forestry Commissioners in relation to Wales (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 1998).]

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 2 Note 1B inserted (1.7.1999) by 1998 c. 38, ss. 125, 158(1) Sch. 12 para. 9(c) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/1290, art. 4

2 The reference to the Registry of Friendly Societies includes the Central Office, the Office of the Assistant Registrar of Friendly Societies for Scotland and the Office of the Chief Registrar and the Industrial Assurance Commissioner.

3 In the case of the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond an investigation under this Act may only be conducted in respect of action in connection with their functions as a general lighthouse authority.

4 The reference to the Lord Chancellor’s Department includes the department of the Accountant General of the Supreme Court and the department of the Public Trustee (whether or not either office is held by the Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor).

5 The reference to the Lord President of the Council’s Office F4 . . . does not include the Privy Council Office.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Sch. 2 Note 5 omitted (3.7.1992) by virtue of S.I. 1992/1311, art. 12(1)(b)

6 The references to the [F5 Office of Public Service F6 . . .] and the Treasury do not include the Cabinet Office, but subject to that include the subordinate departments of the [F5 Office of Public Service F6 . . .] and of the Treasury and the office of any Minister whose expenses are defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament for service of the [F5 Office of Public Service F6 . . .] or the Treasury.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Sch. 2 Note 6 substituted (6.7.1992) by virtue of S.I. 1992/1296, art. 6(1), Sch. para. 3(d)

F6 Sch. 2 Note 6: words repealed (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1998/2985, art. 5(1), Sch. para. 2(b)

7 In the case of the Commission for the New Towns, a development corporation for a new town or the Development Board for Rural Wales, no investigation shall be conducted under this Act in respect of any action in connection with functions in relation to housing.

8 The reference to the Treasury Solicitor does not include a reference to Her Majesty’s Procurator General.

[F7 8A In the case of Scottish Homes no investigation shall be conducted under this Act in respect of any of its actions as a landlord.]

Textual Amendments

F7 Note 8A inserted (1.4.1989) (E.W.S.) after Note 8 by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), ss. 1, 3, Sch. 2 para. 2(b)

[F8 9 The reference to the National Rivers Authority is a reference to that Authority in relation to all its functions other than its flood defence functions [F9 (within the meaning of the Water Resources Act 1991)].]

Textual Amendments

F8 Note 9 inserted (7.7.1989 (E.W.), 1.9.1989 (S.) (N.I.)) after Note 8 by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 1, 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 1 para. 11(b), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58

F9 Note 9: words substituted (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 17

9 In the case of an urban development corporation no investigation under this Act shall be conducted in respect of any action in connection with functions in relation to town and country planning.

10 In relation to any function exercised on behalf of the Crown by a department or authority to which this Act applies which was previously exercisable on behalf of the Crown by a department or authority to which this Act does not apply, the reference to the department or authority to which this Act applies includes a reference to the other department or authority if the other department or authority—

(a) ceased to exercise the function before the commencement of this Act; or

(b) where it exercised the function after the commencement of this Act, only did so when it was a department or authority to which this Act applied.

[F10 11 In the case of the Urban Regeneration Agency no investigation under this Act shall be conducted in respect of any action in connection with functions in relation to town and country planning.]

Textual Amendments

F10 Sch. 2 Note 11 inserted (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 187(1), Sch. 21 para. 3(2); S.I. 1993/2762, art.3

Yn ddilys o 15/11/2004

13 In the case of the Government Actuary’s Department an investigation may be conducted under this Act only in respect of the giving of advice by the Government Actuary’s Department on or before 26 April 2001 relating to the exercise of functions under-

(a) Part 2 of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 F11 , or

(b) any other enactment relating to the regulation of insurance companies within the meaning of that Act.

Textual Amendments

F11 1982 c. 50; repealed by S.I. 2001/3649.