Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 1754
Parliamentary Commissioner
The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2009
Made
8th July 2009
Laid before Parliament
15th July 2009
Coming into force
24th August 2009
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of July
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(2) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2009 and comes into force on 24th August 2009.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.
Amendment to Schedule 2 to the Act
2. In Schedule 2 to the Act(2) (Departments etc. subject to investigation)—
(a)insert the following entries in the appropriate place—
“Board of the Pension Protection Fund.”;
“Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.”;
“Official receiver”;
“Probation trusts.”;
(b)insert the following note after the general note—
“Board of the Pension Protection Fund
In the case of the Board of the Pension Protection Fund, an investigation may be conducted only in respect of action in connection with its functions relating to the financial assistance scheme established by regulations under section 286(1) of the Pensions Act 2004(3).”.
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (‘the Act’). This Order adds to Schedule 2 to the Act (Departments etc. subject to investigation) the bodies listed in article 2. The addition of the Board of the Pension Protection Fund is subject to a note, which provides that an investigation may be conducted only in respect of its functions relating to the financial assistance scheme.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
1967 c.13. Section 4 was substituted by the Parliamentary and Health Service Commissioners Act 1987 (c.39), section 1(1).
Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 2008/3115, article 2.