2008 No. 131
The Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008
Made
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1)(b)(ii) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 20071 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 6(3) of that Act, they have consulted the Statistics Board.
In accordance with section 65(6)(a) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation, commencement and extent1
1
This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008, and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2
It extends to Scotland, and insofar as it extends beyond Scotland, it does so only as a matter of Scots law.
Official statistics2
Wholly Scottish devolved statistics2 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.
SCHEDULEPersons specified as producers of official statistics
(This note is not part of the Order)