Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendments to the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008

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For article 2 (official statistics) of the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 20083 substitute—

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1

Subject to paragraph (2), wholly Scottish devolved statistics4 produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule are specified as official statistics for the purposes of section 6(1)(b) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

2

In relation to Sustrans Limited5, only statistics produced, or to be produced, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers are so specified.

3

In the Schedule to the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008, where alphabetically appropriate, insert the persons listed in the Schedule to this Order.

  Name A member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh