The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2008

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 following table shows the changes that have been made to Schedule 2 by this Order.

Bodies added	Bodies omitted	Changes of name
Advisory Committee on Consumer Engagement	Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration	From “Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions” to “Central Advisory Committee on Pensions and Compensation”
Capital for Enterprise Limited	Advisory Panel on Country Information	From “England Implementation Group” to “England Implementation Group for the Animal Health and Welfare Strategy for Great Britain”
Department for Energy and Climate Change	British Association for Central and Eastern Europe	From “Defence Scientific Advisory Committee” to “Defence Scientific Advisory Council”.
The Ethics Group: National DNA Database	Complaints Audit Committee
Film Industry Training Board for England and Wales	Independent Living (1993) Fund
Government Equalities Office	Independent Living (Extension) Fund
Independent Barring Board	Museum of London
National Clinical Audit Advisory Group	National Victims Advisory Panel
National Joint Registry Steering Committee	Sector Skills Development Agency
Northern Ireland Law Commission
Social Fund Commissioner
Social Science Research Committee
Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy
UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Working Ventures UK

Articles 3 and 4 of this Order omit from paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Act a number of bodies that are no longer in existence.

Article 5 removes from Schedule 4 to the Act, the reference to the Mental Health Tribunal for Wales.