2015 No. 1981
The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43F of the Employment Rights Act 19961.
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st February 2016.
Amendments to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 20142
In the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 20142—
a
omit the entry relating to the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England;
b
in the entry relating to auditors appointed by the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England, for the words in the first column substitute “Auditors appointed to audit the accounts of bodies listed in Schedule 2 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 20143.”;
c
in the second column of the entry relating to the Care Quality Commission, omit paragraph (b) and insert—
d
in the entry relating to the Health and Safety Executive, for the words in the second column substitute “Matters relating to those industries and work activities for which the Health and Safety Executive is the enforcing authority under the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 19986 and which are about the health and safety of individuals at work, or the health and safety of the public arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work.”;
e
in the entry relating to the Homes and Communities Agency, for the words in the second column substitute “Matters relating to the proper conduct of the business of registered providers of social housing.”;
f
in the second column of the entry relating to the Pensions Regulator, omit the word “other”;
g
in the second column of the entry relating to the Prudential Regulation Authority, after the words “within the meaning” insert “of the”;
h
omit the entry relating to the Standards Commission for Scotland and the Chief Investigating Officer;
i
in the second column of the entry relating to the Welsh Ministers, at the end insert “Matters relating to the environment and natural resources as set out in the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 20127.”; and
j
at the appropriate places, insert the entries set out in the Schedule to this Order.
SCHEDULE
First Column | Second Column |
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Persons and descriptions of persons | Description of matters |
Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland8 | Breaches by a councillor or a member of a devolved public body (as defined in section 28 of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Act 20009) of the code of conduct applicable to that councillor or member under that Act. |
Health Education England10 | Matters relating to—
|
National Health Service Commissioning Board14 | Matters relating to the provision of services pursuant to a contract, agreement or arrangement under Part 4 (which relates to primary medical services), Part 5 (which relates to primary dental services), Part 6 (which relates to primary ophthalmic services) or Part 7 (pharmaceutical services and local pharmaceutical services) of the National Health Service Act 200615. |
NHS Business Services Authority16 |
|
Secretary of State for Health | Matters relating to—
|
The Single Source Regulations Office21 | Matters relating to single source defence procurement, including the application of and compliance with Part 2 of the Defence Reform Act 201422and the Single Source Contract Regulations 201423. |
(This note is not part of the Order)