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F1SCHEDULE 2U.K.DEPARTMENTS Etc. SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION

  • [F2X1Adult Learning Inspectorate.]

  • Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee.

  • Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration.

  • Advisory Board on the Registration of Homeopathic Products.

  • Advisory Committee on Advertising.

  • [F3Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs]

  • Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances.

  • Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement.

  • Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards.

  • Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens.

  • Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection.

  • [F4Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances]

  • [F5Advisory Committee on Microbiological Safety of Food]

  • Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes.

  • Advisory Committee on Organic Standards.

  • Advisory Committee on Pesticides.

  • Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment.

  • Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.

  • Advisory Council on Historical Manuscripts.

  • Advisory Council on Libraries.

  • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.

  • Advisory Council on National Records and Archives.

  • Advisory Council on Public Records.

  • Advisory Group on Hepatitis.

  • [F6Advisory Group on Medical Countermeasures]

  • Advisory Panel on Beacon Councils.

  • Advisory Panel on Country Information.

  • Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information.

  • Advisory Panel on Standards for the Planning Inspectorate.

  • Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees.

  • Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales.

  • Agricultural wages committees.

  • Air Quality Expert Group.

  • Alcohol Education and Research Council.

  • Animals Procedures Committee.

  • [F7Animal Welfare Advisory Committee]

  • Appeal Officer for Community Interest Companies.

  • Arts and Humanities Research Council.

  • Arts Council of England.

  • The Director of the Assets Recovery Agency.

  • Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board.

  • Better Regulation Commission.

  • [F8The Big Lottery Fund.]

  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.

  • Board of Trade.

  • Boundary Commission for England.

  • Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland.

  • Boundary Commission for Scotland.

  • Boundary Commission for Wales.

  • British Association for Central and Eastern Europe.

  • British Council.

  • British Educational Communications and Technology Agency.

  • British Film Institute.

  • British Hallmarking Council.

  • British Library Board.

  • British Museum.

  • British Pharmacopoeia Commission.

  • British Potato Council.

  • British Tourist Authority.

  • Building Regulations Advisory Committee.

  • Cabinet Office.

  • Capacity Builders.

  • Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils.

  • [F9Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions]

  • Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges.

  • Central Office of Information.

  • [F10Central Police Training and Development Authority.]

  • The Certification Officer.

  • Charity Commission.

  • The Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice for Northern Ireland.

  • Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

  • Civil Aviation Authority.

  • Civil Justice Council.

  • Coal Authority.

  • Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.

  • [F11The Commission for Equality and Human Rights.]

  • Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection.

  • Commission for Integrated Transport.

  • Commission for the New Towns.

  • Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.

  • [F12Commission for Racial Equality]

  • [F13Commission for Rural Communities.]

  • Commission for Social Care Inspection.

  • Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses.

  • Committee on the Biological Safety of Blood and Tissues for Transplantation.

  • Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment.

  • Commission on Human Medicines.

  • Committee on the Medical Aspects of Air Pollutants.

  • Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment.

  • Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment.

  • Committee on Products and Processes for use in Public Water Supply.

  • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management.

  • Committee on the Safety of Devices.

  • Committee on Standards in Public Life.

  • Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment.

  • Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom.

  • Community Development Foundation.

  • Competition Commission.

  • [F14Competition Service]

  • Complaints Audit Committee.

  • Construction Industry Training Board.

  • Consumer Council for Postal Services.

  • Consumer Council for Water.

  • Correctional Services Accreditation Panel.

  • Council for Science and Technology.

  • [F15Countryside Agency.]

  • Crown Estate Office.

  • Culture East Midlands.

  • Culture North East.

  • Culture North West.

  • Culture South East.

  • Culture South West.

  • Culture West Midlands.

  • [F16Cycling England]

  • Darwin Advisory Committee.

  • [F17Defence Nuclear Advisory Committee]

  • [F18Defence Scientific Advisory Committee]

  • DEFRA Science Advisory Council.

  • [F19Dental Vocational Training Authority.]

  • [F20Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform]

  • [F21Department for Children, Schools and Families]

  • [F22Department for Communities and Local Government.]

  • [F23Department for Constitutional Affairs.]

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

  • [F24Department for Education and Skills.]

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

  • Department of Health.

  • [F25Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills]

  • Department for International Development.

  • [F26Department of Trade and Industry.]

  • Department for Transport.

  • Department for Work and Pensions.

  • Design Council.

  • [F27Disability Rights Commission.]

  • Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee.

  • Economic and Social Research Council.

  • Electoral Commission.

  • Engineering Construction Industry Training Board.

  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

  • [F28England Implementation Group]

  • [F29English Nature.]

  • English Sports Council.

  • English Tourist Board.

  • Environment Agency.

  • [F30Equal Opportunities Commission.]

  • Ethnic Minority Business Forum.

  • Expert Advisory Group on AIDS.

  • Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards.

  • Export Credits Guarantee Department.

  • The Director of Fair Access to Higher Education.

  • Farm Animal Welfare Council.

  • [F31Firebuy Limited]

  • Fleet Air Arm Museum.

  • Food from Britain.

  • Food Standards Agency.

  • Football Licensing Authority.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

  • Forestry Commission.

  • Fuel Poverty Advisory Group.

  • Futurebuilders Advisory Panel.

  • Gambling Commission.

  • Gangmasters Licensing Authority.

  • Gas and Electricity Consumer Council.

  • Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.

  • Geffrye Museum.

  • Gene Therapy Advisory Committee.

  • General Social Care Council.

  • Genetics and Insurance Committee.

  • Government Actuary's Department.

  • [F32Government Equalities Office.]

  • The Great Britain-China Centre.

  • Health and Safety Commission.

  • Health and Safety Executive.

  • Health Protection Agency.

  • [F33Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee]

  • Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.

  • Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

  • Her Majesty's Treasury.

  • Higher Education Funding Council for England.

  • Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.

  • Historic Royal Palaces.

  • Home-Grown Cereals Authority.

  • Home Office.

  • The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust.

  • Horserace Betting Levy Board.

  • Horticultural Development Council.

  • Housing Corporation.

  • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

  • Human Genetics Commission.

  • Human Tissue Authority.

  • The Immigration Services Commissioner.

  • Imperial War Museum.

  • Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV.

  • Independent Reconfiguration Panel.

  • The Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts.

  • [F34Independent Review Panel for Advertising]

  • [F35Independent Review Panel on the Classification of Borderline Products]

  • Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB.

  • Industrial Development Advisory Board.

  • The Information Commissioner.

  • [F36Intellectual Property Advisory Committee.]

  • The International Rail Regulator.

  • Investors in People UK.

  • Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.

  • Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

  • Land Registry.

  • Law Commission.

  • Learning and Skills Council for England.

  • Leasehold Advisory Service.

  • Legal Deposit Advisory Panel.

  • Legal Services Commission.

  • The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner.

  • The following general lighthouse authorities—

  • (a) the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

  • (b) the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses.

  • Living East.

  • The Lord President of the Council's Office.

  • Low Pay Commission.

  • Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission.

  • Measurement Advisory Committee.

  • Meat and Livestock Commission.

  • Medical Research Council.

  • Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee.

  • Milk Development Council.

  • [F37Millennium Commission.]

  • Ministry of Defence.

  • [F38Ministry of Justice.]

  • Museum of London.

  • Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.

  • Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.

  • National Army Museum.

  • National Biological Standards Board (UK).

  • National Community Forum.

  • National Consumer Council.

  • [F39The National Consumer Council.]

  • National Employer Advisory Board.

  • National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.

  • National Forest Company.

  • National Gallery.

  • [F40National Health Service-wide Clearing Service.

  • National Heritage Memorial Fund.

  • [F41National Lottery Charities Board.]

  • National Lottery Commission.

  • National Maritime Museum.

  • National Museum of Science and Industry.

  • National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside.

  • [F42National Policing Improvement Agency.]

  • National Portrait Gallery.

  • National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group.

  • [F43National Victims Advisory Panel]

  • [F44Natural England.]

  • Natural Environment Research Council.

  • Natural History Museum.

  • [F45New Opportunities Fund.]

  • Northern Ireland Court Service.

  • Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.

  • Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission.

  • Northern Ireland Office.

  • Northern Ireland Police Fund.

  • Northern Ireland Policing Board.

  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

  • [F46Nuclear Liabilities Fund]

  • [F47Nuclear Research Advisory Council]

  • Nutrition Forum.

  • [F48Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England.]

  • Office of the Children's Commissioner.

  • Office of Communications.

  • Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

  • [F49Office of the Director General of Water Services.]

  • Office of Fair Trading.

  • Office for National Statistics.

  • Office of Police Oversight Commissioner.

  • Office of Public Sector Information.

  • Office of Rail Regulation.

  • Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies.

  • Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland.

  • [F50Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills.]

  • The Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court.

  • Oil and Pipelines Agency.

  • [F51Olympic Delivery Authority.]

  • Olympic Lottery Distributor.

  • Ordnance Survey.

  • Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.

  • Parole Board.

  • Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council.

  • Patient Information Advisory Group.

  • Partnerships for Schools.

  • The Pensions Regulator.

  • Pesticide Residues Committee.

  • [F52Police Information Technology Organisation.

  • Postal Services Commission.

  • Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board.

  • Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

  • The Registrar of Public Lending Right.

  • Public Record Office.

  • Public Services Productivity Panel.

  • Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.

  • [F53The Quality Improvement Agency]

  • Rail Passengers' Council.

  • Railway Heritage Committee.

  • Regional development agencies (other than the London Development Agency).

  • Regional Industrial Development Boards.

  • Remploy Ltd.

  • Renewables Advisory Board.

  • Residuary Bodies.

  • Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art.

  • Royal Air Force Museum.

  • Royal Armouries Museum.

  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

  • Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.

  • Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.

  • Royal Marines Museum.

  • Royal Mint.

  • Royal Naval Museum.

  • Royal Navy Submarine Museum.

  • Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation.

  • [F54The School Food Trust]

  • Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition.

  • Sea Fish Industry Authority.

  • Sector Skills Development Agency.

  • Security Industry Authority.

  • Sentencing Advisory Panel.

  • Sentencing Guidelines Council.

  • [F55Service Authority for the National Crime Squad.]

  • [F56Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service.]

  • SITPRO Ltd.

  • Sir John Soane's Museum.

  • Small Business Council.

  • Small Business Investment Taskforce.

  • Specialist Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance.

  • Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee.

  • Standards Board for England.

  • Standing Dental Advisory Committee.

  • [F57Standing Medical Advisory Committee.]

  • [F58Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee.]

  • [F59Standing Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee.]

  • Statistics Commission.

  • Strategic Rail Authority.

  • Sustainable Development Commission.

  • Sustainable Energy Policy Advisory Board.

  • Tate Gallery.

  • [F60Technology Strategy Board]

  • Training and Development Agency for Schools.

  • Treasure Valuation Committee.

  • The Treasury Solicitor.

  • [F61Union Modernisation Fund Supervisory Board]

  • UK Film Council.

  • United Kingdom Advisory Panel for Healthcare Workers Infected with Blood borne Viruses.

  • United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

  • [F62UK Chemical Weapons Convention National Authority Advisory Committee;]

  • UK National Authority Advisory Group.

  • United Kingdom Sports Council.

  • United Kingdom Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority.

  • Unlinked Anonymous Surveys Steering Group.

  • Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority.

  • Urban development corporations established for urban development areas wholly in England.

  • Urban Regeneration Agency.

  • Valuation Tribunal Service.

  • Veterinary Products Committee.

  • Veterinary Residues Committee.

  • Victims Advisory Panel.

  • Victoria and Albert Museum.

  • Wales Office.

  • Wallace Collection.

  • War pensions committees.

  • [F63Water Services Regulation Authority.]

  • Westminster Foundation for Democracy.

  • [F64Wider Health Working Group.]

  • [F65Wine Standards Board.]

  • Women's National Commission.

  • Yorkshire Culture.

  • Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.

  • Zoos Forum.]]

Editorial Information

X1Sch. 2: this version of this provision contains details of amendments coming into force on or after 30.3.2006 and before 30.1.2008 (repealed text is retained). For previous amendment history, please refer to the earlier version.

Textual Amendments

F12Sch. 2: entry repealed (1.10.2007) by Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), ss. 40, 91, 93, Sch. 3 para. 2, Sch. 4; S.I. 2007/2603, art. 2 (subject to art. 3)

F27Sch. 2: entry repealed (1.10.2007) by Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), ss. 40, 91, 93, Sch. 3 para. 2, Sch. 4; S.I. 2007/2603, art. 2 (subject to art. 3)

F30Sch. 2: entry repealed (1.10.2007) by Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), ss. 40, 91, 93, Sch. 3 para. 2, Sch. 4; S.I. 2007/2603, art. 2 (subject to art. 3)

NOTESU.K.

GeneralU.K.

In relation to any function exercised on behalf of the Crown by a department or authority to which this Act applies which was previously exercisable on behalf of the Crown by a department or authority to which this Act does not apply, the reference to the department or authority to which this Act applies includes a reference to the other department or authority if the other department or authority—

(a)ceased to exercise the function before the commencement of this Act; or

(b)where it exercised the function after the commencement of this Act, did so only when it was a department or authority to which this Act applied.

Assets Recovery AgencyU.K.

In the case of the Director of the Assets Recovery Agency an investigation may be conducted only in respect of the exercise of functions vested in him by virtue of a notice served on the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs under section 317(2), 321(2) or 322(2) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(Inland Revenue functions).

Cabinet OfficeU.K.

The reference to the Cabinet Office does not include any of the Secretariats, the Joint Intelligence Organisation or the office of the Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service, but includes the executive agencies of the Cabinet Office and the office of any Minister whose expenses are defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament for the service of the Cabinet Office.

Commission for Architecture and the Built EnvironmentU.K.

As from the time that section 87 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 is brought into force, this reference includes a reference to the body established by that section.

Commission for the New TownsU.K.

In the case of the Commission for the New Towns no investigation is to be conducted in respect of any action in connection with functions in relation to housing.

Department for Constitutional AffairsU.K.

The reference to the Department for Constitutional Affairs includes the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Public Trustee.

Environment AgencyU.K.

The reference to the Environment Agency is a reference to that Agency in relation to all its functions other than its flood defence functions, within the meaning of the Water Resources Act 1991; and no investigation is to be conducted in respect of any action in connection with functions of the Environment Agency in relation to Wales (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 1998).

Forestry CommissionU.K.

In the case of the Forestry Commission no investigation is to be conducted in respect of any action in connection with functions of the Forestry Commissioners in relation to Wales (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 1998).

Government Actuary's DepartmentU.K.

In the case of the Government Actuary's Department an investigation may be conducted only in respect of the giving of advice by the Government Actuary's Department on or before 26 April 2001 relating to the exercise of functions under—

(a)Part 2 of the Insurance Companies Act 1982, or

(b)any other enactment relating to the regulation of insurance companies within the meaning of that Act.

Health Protection AgencyU.K.

In the case of the Health Protection Agency no investigation is to be conducted in relation to any action taken by or on behalf of that Agency in the exercise in or as regards Scotland of any function to the extent that the function is exercisable within devolved competence (within the meaning of section 54 of the Scotland Act 1998).

HM TreasuryU.K.

The reference to Her Majesty's Treasury includes its subordinate departments and the office of any Minister whose expenses are defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament for the service of Her Majesty's Treasury; but it does not include National Savings and Investments.

Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford StrondU.K.

In the case of the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond an investigation may be conducted only in respect of action in connection with its functions as a general lighthouse authority.

Lord President of the Council's OfficeU.K.

The reference to the Lord President of the Council's Office does not include the Privy Council Office.

Ministry of DefenceU.K.

The reference to the Ministry of Defence includes the Defence Council, the Admiralty Board, the Army Board and the Air Force Board.

Valid from 22/08/2007

Ministry of JusticeU.K.

The reference to the Ministry of Justice includes the Public Trustee.

Treasury SolicitorU.K.

The reference to the Treasury Solicitor does not include a reference to Her Majesty's Procurator General.

Urban Development CorporationsU.K.

In the case of an urban development corporation no investigation is to be conducted in respect of any action in connection with functions in relation to town and country planning.

Urban Regeneration AgencyU.K.

In the case of the Urban Regeneration Agency no investigation is to be conducted in respect of any action in connection with functions in relation to town and country planning.

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