2.—(1) In the Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990(1)—
(a)at the end of Schedule 1 insert—
| “The National Audit Office | The members and employees of the Office”; and |
(b)in Schedule 2 for “Member of staff of the National Audit Office” substitute “Member of staff of the National Audit Office that was established by section 3 of the National Audit Act 1983”.
(2) In the Schedule to the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (No. 2) Regulations 1994(2) the reference to the old NAO is to be read as a reference to the NAO.
(3) In Schedule 2 to the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1998(3) for paragraph 22 substitute—
“22. The National Audit Office.”.
(4) In the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 1999(4) for “Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office” substitute “Comptroller and Auditor General”.
(5) In the Schedule to the Greater London Authority (Disqualification) Order 2000(5) omit paragraph 13, and for paragraph 20 substitute—
“20. Member or employee of the National Audit Office.”.
(6) In regulation 12A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001(6) for “the National Audit Office” substitute “the Comptroller and Auditor General”.
(7) In articles 2(2) and 3(4) of the Companies (Disclosure of Information) (Designated Authorities) (No. 2) Order 2002(7) for “the National Audit Office” substitute “the Comptroller and Auditor General”.
(8) In the Annex to Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004(8) for “Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office” substitute “Comptroller and Auditor General”.
(9) In Schedule 1 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2006(9) the reference to the old NAO is to be read as a reference to the NAO.
(10) In regulation 14(2) of the Child Support Information Regulations 2008(10)—
(a)after sub-paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)a member or employee of the National Audit Office or any other person who carries out administrative work of the Office, or who provides, or is employed in the provision of, services to it;”; and
(b)for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)any member of the staff of the National Audit Office that was established by section 3 of the National Audit Act 1983 or any other person who carried out administrative work of the Office, or who provided, or was employed in the provision of, services to it;”.
(11) In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification) Order 2010(11) for “Member of the staff of the National Audit Office” substitute “Member or employee of the National Audit Office”.
(12) In Schedule 1 to the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011(12) the reference to the old NAO is to be read as a reference to the NAO.
S.I. 1998/2573. Paragraph (22) was inserted by S.I. 2011/686.
S.I. 2001/2188. Regulation 12A was inserted by S.I. 2001/3624.
S.I. 2004/1861.The Annex was added to Schedule 1 by S.I. 2010/131.
S.I. 2008/2551. Regulation 14 was substituted by S.I. 2009/396.