Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2021 No. 127
Official Statistics
The Official Statistics (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021
Affirmed by resolution of the Assembly on 14th June 2021
Made 13th May 2021
Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

The Department of Finance , in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 (1)(b)(iv) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 , makes the following Order.
Formerly the Department of Finance and Personnel, see section 1(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (NI) 2016 c. 5 (N.I.).
2007 c. 18.
In accordance with section 6 (3) of that Act, the Department of Finance 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 (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2021.

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. 3 (N.I.).

Amendments to the Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
3. The Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 is amended in accordance with Article 4.
The Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012, (2012 No.2)
4. In the Schedule to the Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012, where alphabetically appropriate, insert the persons listed in the Schedule to this Order.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 13th May 2021
(L.S.)
Tracy Power
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance
13th May 2021

SCHEDULE PERSONS SPECIFIED AS PRODUCERS OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS
Articles 3 and 4
Education Authority
Invest Northern Ireland
Labour Relations Agency

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends The Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (″the Order″) by the addition to the Schedule of the persons specified in the Schedule to this Order.
A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this statutory rule as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.