Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2012 No. 2
Official Statistics
The Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
Made 5th January 2012
Affirmed by resolution of the Assembly on 21st February 2012
Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

The Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by 6 (1)(b) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.
2007 c.18.
In accordance with section 6 (3) of that Act the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland has consulted the Statistics Board.
The Statistics Board is also known as the UK Statistics Authority.

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.
1954 c.33(N.I.)

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.
“Northern Ireland devolved statistics” is defined in section 66 of the 2007 Statistics and Registration Act.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 5th January 2012
T.N. Caven
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
SCHEDULE Agri-food and Biosciences Institute
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
Education Authority
Invest Northern Ireland
Labour Relations Agency
Livestock & Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Cancer Registry at Queens University Belfast
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Northern Ireland Library Authority
Northern Ireland Policing Board
Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Probation Board for Northern Ireland
Regional Business Services Organisation
Sport NI
The Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Wellbeing
Words in Sch. inserted (1.7.2021) by The Official Statistics (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/127), arts. 1, 4, Sch.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the order)
Section 6 (1)(a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (“the Act”) provides that statistics produced by the Statistics Board, a government department, the Scottish Administration, a Welsh ministerial authority, a Northern Ireland department, or any other person acting on behalf of the Crown are official statistics. This order is made under section 6 (1)(b) and (2) of the Act, which allows orders to be made to specify other persons as producers of official statistics. This order designates the statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule as official statistics. This order applies to devolved Northern Ireland statistics as defined in section 66 of the Act.
A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this statutory rule as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

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
Sch. in operation at 1.4.2012, see art. 1