Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2012.

Interpretation
2
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Official Statistics - wholly Northern Ireland devolved official statistics
3
To the extent that they are not otherwise official statistics by virtue of section 6 (1)(a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, the wholly Northern Ireland devolved statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule to this Order are specified as official statistics for the purposes of section 6 (1)(b) of that Act.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 5 th January 2012
T.N. Caven
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
1954 c.33(N.I.)
“Northern Ireland devolved statistics” is defined in section 66 of the 2007 Statistics and Registration Act.
Art. 1 in operation at 1.4.2012, see art. 1
Art. 2 in operation at 1.4.2012, see art. 1
Art. 3 in operation at 1.4.2012, see art. 1