F1X1F2SCHEDULE 2 Departments Etc. Subject to Investigation
F3X2Accounts Commission for Scotland
F4Advisory Board on Family Law
F4Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
F4Advisory Council on Public Records
F4Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees
F5Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales
Agricultural wages committees.
F6Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
F5Alcohol Education and Research Council
F4Apple and Pear Research Council
F7Arts Council of England
F8Arts Council of Wales (Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru)
Arts Council of Great Britain.
F9Scottish Arts Council
F10Director of the Assets Recovery Agency.
F4Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board
F4Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland
F5Britain-Russia Centre and the British East-West Centre
F5British Association for Central and Eastern Europe
British Council.
F4British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
F4British Hallmaking Council
British Library Board.
F4British Museum
F4British Potato Council
F4British Tourist Authority
F4Broadcasting Standards Commission
F11Building Societies Commission.
F5Cabinet Office
Central Police Training and Development Authority
Certification Officer.
F13F14Central Statistical Office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Charity Commission.
F13Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.
F4Civil Aviation Authority
F4Civil Justice Council
F15Office of the Minister for the Civil Service
Civil Service Commission.
F4Clinical Standards Advisory Group
F16Commission for Health Improvement
F17The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.
F18Commissioner for Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action
F4Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members
F4Committee for Monitoring Agreements on Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship
F4Committee of Investigation for Great Britain
F4Committee on Standards in Public Life
F19Commonwealth InstituteF4Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom
F4Community Development Foundation
F5Competition Commission
F4Consumer Panel
F4Consumers’ Committee for Great Britain under the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958
F20Coal Authority.
Co-operative Development Agency.
F21Countryside Agency
F22Countryside Commission for Scotland
F23Countryside Council for Wales.
Crafts Council.
F24Crofters Commission
Crown Estate Office.
F25Department for Culture, Media, and Sport.
Customs and Excise.
F28Deer Commission for Scotland
Ministry of Defence.
F4Design Council
Development Commission.
F29 Disability Rights Commission
F30United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board
F31The Department for Education and Employment.
F4Docklands Light Railway
F32Education Assets Board.
F33Department for Education
F34 Department for Education and Skills
Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges.
F35Electoral Commission.
F38Department of Employment
F39Department of Energy
F40Department of the Environment
F41 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
F42Department for Transport
F43Department for Work and Pensions
F44English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
F45English Nature
F46F47The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
F48Environment Agency
F48Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Equal Opportunities Commission.
Export Credits Guarantee Department.
F49Office of the Director General of Fair Trading.British Film Institute.
F4Fleet Air Arm Museum
F4Food Advisory Committee
F4Food from Britain
F50Food Standards Agency
F4Football Licensing Authority
Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Forestry Commission.
F11Registry of Friendly Societies.
F4Further Education Funding Council for England
F5Gaming Board for Great Britain
F52Gas and Electricity Consumer Council.
F52Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.
F36Office of the Director General of Gas Supply.
F4Geffrye Museum
F4Gene Therapy Advisory Committee
F53General Social Care Council.
F3General Teaching Council for Scotland
F54Department of Health.
Health and Safety Commission.
Health and Safety Executive.
. . . F55
F56Highlands and Islands Development Board
F4Higher Education Funding Council for England
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.
F4Historic Royal Palaces
F4Home-Grown Cereals Authority
Home Office.
F4Horniman Museum and Gardens
Horserace Betting Levy Board.
F4Horticultural Development Council
Housing Corporation.
F57Housing for Wales
F58Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
F59The Immigration Services Commissioner
F4Imperial War Museum
Central Office of Information.
F60Information Commissioner.
Inland Revenue.
F61Department for International Developement.
F62 Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce.
F4Investors in People UK
F4Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Land Registry.
F63Legal Aid Board
F64Scottish Legal Aid Board.
F65Legal Services Commission
F66The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner
The following general lighthouse authorities—
(a) the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond;
(b) the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses.
F3Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
F67Local Government Commission for England.
F4London Regional Passengers’ Committee
F4Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct
The Lord Chancellor’s Department.
Lord President of the Council’s Office.
. . . F68
. . . F69
F4Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
F4Meat and Livestock Commission
F70Medical Practices Committee.
F71Scottish Medical Practices Committee.
F4Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee
F36F4Merseyside and North Wales Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee
F4Milk Development Council
F4Millennium Commission
F72Monopolies and Mergers Commission
Museums and Galleries Commission.
F4Museum of London
F4Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
F4National Army Museum
F4National Biological Standards Board (UK)
F73National Care Standards Commission.
F4National Consumer Council
National Debt Office.
F4National Employers’ Liaison Committee
F4National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
F4National Film and Television School
F4National Forest Company
F3National Galleries of Scotland
F4National Gallery
F3National Library of Scotland
F3National Museums of Scotland
F74National Rivers Authority
F75Department of National Heritage.
Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
F76Office of the Director General of the National Lottery
F77National Lottery Commission
F4National Lottery Charities Board
Department for National Savings.
F78Scottish Natural Heritage.
F4National Maritime Museum
F4National Museum of Science and Industry
F4National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside
F4National Portrait Gallery
F4National Radiological Protection Board
F4Natural History Museum
Nature Conservancy Council.
F81Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland
F4New Millennium Experience Company Ltd
F4New Opportunities Fund
Commission for the New Towns.
Development corporations for new towns.
F36F5North of Scotland Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee
Northern Ireland Court Service.
F4Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Northern Ireland Office.
F82Northern Ireland Policing Board
F7Occupational pensions Board
F83The Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority
[F84Office of the Commissioner for Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action]
F4Oil and Pipelines Agency
F4Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England
F5Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland
F4Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales
F4Parole Board
F3Parole Board for Scotland
F85The Pensions Compensation Board
Ordnance Survey.
F14Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
F86Consumer Council for Postal Services
F87Police Information Technology Organisation
F89Postal Services Commission
F4Probation Board for Northern Ireland
F90Commissioner for Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action
Registrar of Public Lending Right.
Public Record Office.
F91 Office of Fair Trading
F4Qualifications Curriculum Authority
F94The International Rail Regulator.
F96The Rail Regulator.
Scottish Record Office.
Commission for Racial Equality.
F97Rail Passengers’ Committees.
F97Rail Passengers’ Council.
F12F4Rail Users’ Consultative Committee for North Eastern England
F12F4Rail Users’ Consultative Committee for North Western England
F12F4Rail Users’ Consultative Committee for Southern England
F4Remploy Ltd
F98Red Deer Commission
F71Department of the Registers of Scotland
F71General Register Office, Scotland
F99Agriculture and Food Research Council
F7Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
F7Council for the Central Laboratory of Research Councils
Economic and Social Research Council.
F7Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Medical Research Council.
Natural Environment Research Council.
F7Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
F100Science and Engineering Research Council
F101The International Rail Regulator
F102Regional development agencies
F103(other than the London Development Agency)
Residuary Bodies.
F4Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art
F104Office of the Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members
F4Royal Air Force Museum
F4Royal Armouries Museum
F3Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
F4Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
F4 Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
F3Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
F4Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
F4Royal Marines Museum
Royal Mint.
F4Royal Naval Museum
F4Royal Navy Submarine Museum
F105Office of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales.
F4Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health
F3Scottish Agricultural Wages Board
F3Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
F3Scottish Community Education Council
F3Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum
F3Scottish Council for Educational Technology
F71Scottish Courts Administration.
F106Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
F3Scottish Further Education Funding Council
F3Scottish Further Education Unit
F3Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
F107Scottish Homes.
Scottish Office.
F3Scottish Qualifications Authority
F3Scottish Screen Ltd
F3Scottish Studentship Selection Committee
F3Scottish Water and Sewerage Customers’ Council
F4Sea Fish Industry Authority
F108Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
F109The Service Authority for the National Crime Squad.
F109The Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service.
F4Sir John Soane’s Museum
Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas.
F54Department of Social Security.
Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.
F36F4South of Scotland Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee
Sports Council.
F110English Sports Council
Scottish Sports Council.
F110United Kingdom Sports Council.
F111Sports Council for Wales.
F112The Staff Commission for Wales (Comisiwn Staff Cymru).
F113Standards Board for England.
F4Standing Dental Advisory Committee
F4Standing Medical Advisory Committee
F4Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee
F4Standing Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee
Stationery Office.
F114Strategic Rail Authority.
F115 The Office for National Statistics.
F4Tate Gallery
F4Teacher Training Agency
Office of the Director General of Telecommunications.
F4The Great Britain-China Centre
F4The Simpler Trade Procedures Board
English Tourist Board.
F71Scottish Tourist Board.
F111Wales 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.
. . . F116
F117Traffic Director for London.
F40Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
F4Treasure Valuation Committee
Treasury.
Treasury Solicitor.
F4United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
F4United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards
F4United Kingdom Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority
F4Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority
Urban development corporations F118established for urban development areas wholly in England.
F119Urban Regeneration Agency.
F4Victoria and Albert Museum
F120Development Board for Rural Wales
F4Wallace Collection
F4War Pensions Committees
F121Office of the Director General of Water Services.
F122Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh Language Board)
Welsh Office.
F4Westminster Foundation for Democracy
F4Wine Standards Board of the Vintners’ Company
F4Women’s National Commission
F4Yorkshire Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee
F123Youth Justice Board
F5Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
NOTES
F124A1
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).
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.
F1251A
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 M1Water Resources Act 1991.
F1261B
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).
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 F127. . . does not include the Privy Council Office.
6
The references to the F128Office of Public Service F129. . . and the Treasury do not include the Cabinet Office, but subject to that include the subordinate departments of the F128Office of Public Service F129. . . and of the Treasury and the office of any Minister whose expenses are defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament for service of the F128Office of Public Service F129. . . or the Treasury.
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.
F1308A
In the case of Scottish Homes no investigation shall be conducted under this Act in respect of any of its actions as a landlord.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1319
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.
F13211
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.
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 F133, or
(b)
any other enactment relating to the regulation of insurance companies within the meaning of that Act.