Consequential provisions6
1
The Documentary Evidence Act 18684 shall apply to the transferred CSO–
a
as if that Office were a government department included in the first column of the Schedule to that Act;
b
as if the Chancellor or any person authorised to act on his behalf were mentioned in relation to that Office in the second column of that Schedule; and
c
as if the regulations referred to in that Act included any document issued by that Office.
2
In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 19675 (bodies subject to investigation) there shall be inserted at the appropriate place–
“The Central Statistical Office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.”
3
The 1947 Act shall have effect after the coming into force of this Order–
a
with the insertion in section 17(3) (competent authorities) of the words “the Chancellor of the Exchequer” immediately before the words “a Secretary of State”; and
b
as if any other reference to the Secretary of State (including any reference which is to be construed as such a reference) were or included a reference to the Chancellor, as the context may require.
4
Schedule 2 to this Order, which contains consequential amendments, shall have effect.