Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967

[F1 X1 F2 SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Departments Etc. Subject to Investigation]

Editorial Information

X1 Sch. 2: due to the large number of entries contained in Sch. 2 and the frequency with which it has been amended, no separate versions are retained in respect of amendments coming into force after 25.11.2002 or which are not yet in force. Historic information relating to all such amendments is reflected in the current version (except that text replaced by substituted words or entries is not reproduced in the current version but is preserved in preceding versions).

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 substituted (14.3.2005) by The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2005 (S. I. 2005/249), art. 2, Sch. 1

F2 Sch. 2 substituted by Parliamentary and Health Service Commissioners Act 1987 (c. 39, SIF 89), s. 1(2), Sch. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 2 amended (6.11.2000) by 2000 c. 26, s. 127(4), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 10; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.

Agricultural wages committees.

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Arts Council of Great Britain.

British Council.

British Library Board.

Building Societies Commission.

Certification Officer.

[F3 The Central Statistical Office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.]

Charity Commission.

[F4 Office of the Minister for the Civil Service]

Civil Service Commission.

Co-operative Development Agency.

Countryside Commission.

Countryside Commission for Scotland.

[F5 Countryside Council for Wales.]

Crafts Council.

Crofters Commission.

Crown Estate Office.

Customs and Excise.

Data Protection Registrar.

Ministry of Defence.

Development Commission.

[F6 Education Assets Board.]

Department of Education and Science.

Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges.

[F7 Office of the Director General of Electricity Supply.]

Department of Employment.

Department of Energy.

Department of the Environment.

Equal Opportunities Commission.

Export Credits Guarantee Department.

Office of the Director General of Fair Trading.

British Film Institute.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Forestry Commission.

Registry of Friendly Societies.

Office of the Director General of Gas Supply.

[F8 Department of Health.]

Health and Safety Commission.

Health and Safety Executive.

. . . F9

[F10 Highlands and Islands Development Board.]

Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.

Home Office.

Horserace Betting Levy Board.

Housing Corporation.

[F11 Housing for Wales.]

[F12 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.]

Central Office of Information.

Inland Revenue.

Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce.

Land Registry.

[F13 Legal Aid Board.]

[F14 Scottish Legal Aid Board.]

The following general lighthouse authorities—

(a) the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

(b) the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses.

The Lord Chancellor’s Department.

Lord President of the Council’s Office.

. . . F15

. . . F16

Medical Practices Committee.

Scottish Medical Practices Committee.

Museums and Galleries Commission.

National Debt Office.

[F17 The National Rivers Authority.]

Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

Department for National Savings.

Nature Conservancy Council.

[F18 Nature Conservancy Council for England.]

[F18 Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland.]

Commission for the New Towns.

Development corporations for new towns.

Northern Ireland Court Service.

Northern Ireland Office.

Ordnance Survey.

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.

Registrar of Public Lending Right.

Public Record Office.

Scottish Record Office.

Commission for Racial Equality.

Red Deer Commission.

Department of the Registers of Scotland.

General Register Office, Scotland.

Agricultural and Food Research Council.

Economic and Social Research Council.

Medical Research Council.

Natural Environment Research Council.

Science and Engineering Research Council.

Residuary Bodies.

[F19 Office of the Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members.]

Royal Mint.

Scottish Courts Administration.

[F20 Scottish Homes.]

Scottish Office.

Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas.

[F8 Department of Social Security.]

Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.

Sports Council.

Scottish Sports Council.

Sports Council for Wales.

Stationery Office.

Office of the Director General of Telecommunications.

English Tourist Board.

Scottish Tourist Board.

Wales Tourist Board.

Board of Trade.

Department of Trade and Industry.

Agricultural Training Board.

Clothing and Allied Products Industry Training Board.

Construction Industry Training Board.

Engineering Industry Training Board.

Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board.

Plastics Processing Industry Training Board.

Road Transport Industry Training Board.

. . . F21

Department of Transport.

Treasury.

Treasury Solicitor.

Urban development corporations.

Development Board for Rural Wales.

[F22 Office of the Director General of Water Services.]

Welsh Office.

Textual Amendments

F3 Entry inserted by S.I. 1989/992, art. 6(2)

F4 Entry inserted by S.I. 1987/2039, art. 4(1)(b)

F5 Entry inserted (1.4.1991) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 128(5), Sch. 6 para. 23(a)

F6 Entry inserted by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 40:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 12 para. 67

F7 Entry inserted by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), ss. 1(5), 112(3), Sch. 1 para. 7, Sch. 17 para. 35(1)

F8 Entry inserted by S.I. 1988/1843, art. 5(2)(b)

F9 Entry repealed by S.I. 1988/1843, art. 5(2)(a)

F10 Words repealed (1.4.1991) by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. III

F11 Entry inserted (E.W.S.) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140, Sch. 17 para. 92

F12 Entry inserted by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (c. 37, SIF 83:1), s. 5(3), Sch. 1 para. 14

F13 Entry inserted by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34, SIF 77:1), s. 45(1), Sch. 5 para. 2

F14 Entry inserted by S.I. 1988/585, art. 2

F15 Entry repealed by S.I. 1987/2039, art. 4(1)(a)

F16 Entry repealed by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 33(2), Sch. 4

F17 Entry inserted 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(a)

F18 Entry inserted (1.4.1991) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 128(5), Sch. 6 para. 23(b)

F19 Entry inserted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 19, Sch. 1 para. 12

F20 Entry inserted (E.W.S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), ss. 1, 3, Sch. 2 para. 2(a)

F21 Entry inserted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 33, Sch. 3 para. 8 and repealed by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 29(4), Sch. 7 Pt I

F22 Entry inserted by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 5, 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 3 para. 6, Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58

NOTES U.K.

Valid from 24/02/2003

[F23 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

F23 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)

Valid from 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.

Valid from 01/04/1996

[F24 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

F24 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.

Valid from 01/07/1999

[F25 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

F25 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 includes the Office of Arts and Libraries but does not include the Privy Council Office.

6 The references to the [F26 Office of the Minister for the Civil Service] and the Treasury do not include the Cabinet Office, but subject to that include the subordinate departments of the [F26 Office of the Minister for the Civil Service] and of the Treasury and the office of any Minister whose expenses are defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament for service of the [F26 Office of the Minister for the Civil Service] or the Treasury.

Textual Amendments

F26 Words substituted by S.I. 1987/2039, art. 4(1)(c)

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.

[F27 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

F27 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)

[F28 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 (that is to say, its functions by virtue of Chapter III of Part III of the Water Act 1989, including all its functions under the M2 Drainage Act 1976).]

Textual Amendments

F28 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

Marginal Citations

M2 1976 c. 70 (73:1

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.

Valid from 11/10/1993

[F29 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

F29 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

Valid from 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 F30 , or

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

Textual Amendments

F30 1982 c. 50; repealed by S.I. 2001/3649.