The Official Statistics (Wales) Order 2017

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 1142 (W. 284)

Official Statistics, Wales

The Official Statistics (Wales) Order 2017

Made

22 November 2017

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Welsh Ministers make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1)(b) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007(1).

In accordance with section 6(3) of that Act, the Welsh Ministers have consulted the Statistics Board.

In accordance with section 65(7) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

Title and commencement

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Official Statistics (Wales) Order 2017.

(2) This Order comes into force on 23 November 2017.

Revocation

2.  The Official Statistics (Wales) Order 2013(2) is revoked.

Official statistics

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule are official statistics for the purpose of Part 1 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

(2) Official statistics in this Order do not include statistics which have the meaning in section 6(1)(a) of that Act.

Mark Drakeford

Cabinet Secretary for Finance, one of the Welsh Ministers

22 November 2017

Article 3

SCHEDULE

• Arts Council of Wales

• Children’s Commissioner for Wales

• Commissioner for Older People in Wales

• Data Unit Wales

• Emergency Ambulance Services Committee

• Finance Wales

• Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

• Meat Promotion Wales

• National Centre for Learning Welsh

• Natural Resources Body for Wales

• Public Health Wales National Health Service Trust

• Qualifications Wales

• Social Care Wales

• Sports Council for Wales

• Transport Wales

• Velindre National Health Service Trust Shared Services Partnership

• Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust

• Welsh Language Commissioner

• Welsh Revenue Authority

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that the statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule are official statistics for the purpose of Part 1 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (“the Act”). Part 1 establishes the Statistics Board which is responsible for promoting and safeguarding good practice in gathering and assessing official statistics. “Official statistics” is defined in section 6(1) of the Act and includes, in subsection (1)(b)(iii), statistics as specified by order made by the Welsh Ministers.

Section 6(2) of the Act provides that an order made under subsection (1)(b) may specify a description of statistics produced or the person producing them.

Official statistics produced by persons listed in the Schedule do not include statistics produced by the Statistics Board, government departments, devolved administrations or any other person acting on behalf of the Crown.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this Order.

(1)

2007 c. 18.

(2)

S.I. 2013/649 (W. 73).