CONTENTS

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1. Part 1

   The Statistics Board

   1. The Statistics Board

      1. 1. Establishment

      2. 2. Status

   2. Members and staff

      1. 3. Members

      2. 4. Non-executive members

      3. 5. Executive members and other staff

   3. Official statistics: introductory

      1. 6. Official statistics

      2. 7. Objective

   4. General functions relating to official statistics

      1. 8. Monitoring and reporting of official statistics

      2. 9. Definitions etc for official statistics

   5. National Statistics

      1. 10. Code of Practice for Statistics

      2. 11. Pre-release access

      3. 12. Assessment

      4. 13. Duty to continue to comply with Code

      5. 14. Re-assessment

      6. 15. Programme of assessment

      7. 16. Requests for assessment: supplementary

      8. 17. Principles and procedures

      9. 18. List of National Statistics

      10. 19. Code: transitional

   6. Production of statistics

      1. 20. Production of statistics

      2. 21. Retail prices index

   7. Additional statistical functions

      1. 22. Statistical services

      2. 23. Statistical research

      3. 24. Delegated functions

   8. Census etc

      1. 25. Census etc

   9. Functions: supplementary

      1. 26. Ancillary powers

      2. 27. Reports

      3. 28. Efficiency etc

      4. 29. Directions

   10. Organisation and administration

       1. 30. National Statistician: advisory functions

       2. 31. National Statistician: executive functions

       3. 32. Executive office

       4. 33. Head of Assessment

       5. 34. Separation of functions

       6. 35. Committees

       7. 36. Delegation

       8. 37. Proceedings: supplementary

   11. Use and disclosure of information by the Board

       1. 38. Use of information by the Board

       2. 39. Confidentiality of personal information

       3. 40. Freedom of information

       4. 41. Disclosure of information to service providers

   12. Information sharing

       1. 42. Information relating to births and deaths etc

       2. 43. Information relating to NHS registration

       3. 44. Information relating to NHS registration: Wales

       4. 45. Information held by HMRC

       5. 46. Information sharing: supplementary amendments

   13. Information sharing: supplementary powers

       1. 47. Power to authorise disclosure to the Board

       2. 48. Power to authorise disclosure to the Board: Scotland

       3. 49. Power to authorise disclosure to the Board: Northern Ireland

       4. 50. Power to authorise use of information by the Board

       5. 51. Power to authorise disclosure by the Board

       6. 52. Power to authorise disclosure by the Board: Scotland

       7. 53. Power to authorise disclosure by the Board: Northern Ireland

       8. 54. Data Protection Act 1998 and Human Rights Act 1998

   14. Consequential

       1. 55. Cessation of Office for National Statistics etc

       2. 56. Transfers etc from ONS to the Board

       3. 57. Transfers etc from Registrar General to the Board

       4. 58. Transfers etc from Ministers of the Crown to the Board

       5. 59. Provision of services and facilities by the Board

       6. 60. Consequential amendments

   15. Miscellaneous

       1. 61. Money

       2. 62. Evidence

       3. 63. Investigation by Parliamentary Commissioner

       4. 64. House of Commons etc disqualification

   16. General

       1. 65. Orders and regulations

       2. 66. Devolved statistics

       3. 67. General interpretation

2. Part 2

   Registration service

   1. 68. Establishment of Registrar General as corporation sole

   2. 69. Employment status of officials

   3. 70. Superintendent registrars and registrars

   4. 71. Deputy superintendent registrars and registrars

   5. 72. Additional registrars of marriages

3. Part 3

   General

   1. 73. Repeals

   2. 74. Commencement

   3. 75. Extent

   4. 76. Short title

4. 1. Schedule 1

      Transfer of functions from Registrar General: amendments

   2. Schedule 2

      Information sharing: supplementary amendments

   3. Schedule 3

      Replacement of ONS by the Board: consequential

   4. Schedule 4

      Repeals

      1. Part 1

         Repeals relating to Part 1

      2. Part 2

         Repeals relating to Part 2