(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.