The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (“the Act”). Article 2 of this Order substitutes the Schedule to this Order for Schedule 2 to the Act (Departments etc. subject to investigation). The addition of the Committee on Climate Change is to correct an omission inadvertently made by the Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3115). It is subject to a note, which provides that no investigation is to be conducted in respect of action taken by or on behalf of the Committee in the exercise in or as regards Scotland of any function to the extent that the function is exercisable within devolved competence in Scotland, or in connection with functions of the Committee in relation to Wales. The following table shows the changes that have been made to Schedule 2 by this Order.

Bodies added	Bodies omitted	Changes of name
The Committee on Climate Change	Advisory Committee on Advertising	From “Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement” to “Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies”
Disability Employment Advisory Committee	Better Regulation Commission	From “Advisory Group on Medical Countermeasures” to “Advisory Group on Military Medicines”
Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board	Culture East Midlands	From “Darwin Advisory Committee” to “Darwin Initiative”
Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody	Culture North East	From “Department for Energy and Climate Change” to “Department of Energy and Climate Change”
Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel	Culture North West	From “Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art” to “Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest”
Industrial Injuries Advisory Council	Culture South East
Medical Education England	Culture South West
The National Archives	Culture West Midlands
National Standing Committee on Farm Animal Genetic Resources	England Implementation Group for the Animal Health and Welfare Strategy for Great Britain
Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board	Futurebuilders Advisory Panel
Regional Advisory Committees	Living East
Science Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less Lethal Weapons	National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group
Social Security Advisory Committee	The Quality Improvement Agency
UK Anti-Doping Ltd.	Yorkshire Culture
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Board

Article 3 of this Order removes from Schedule 4 to the Act, the references to the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales) and Employment Tribunals (Scotland) and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The administrative staff of these tribunals are now part of the Tribunals Service, an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice. They are appointed by the Lord Chancellor and as such are covered by section 5(6) of the Act.