http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/399/article/2The Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008Hours of workOFFICIAL STATISTICSStatute Law Database2025-01-08Expert Participation2021-04-22
This Order provides for rules and principles relating to the granting of pre-release access to official statistics which are wholly Scottish devolved statistics.
The Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008
Interpretation2In this Order–“the Act” means the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007;“the Code of Practice” means the Code of Practice for Statistics published under section 10 of the Act; “economic statistics”—includes official statistics concerning devolved and local taxes, local government finance, labour productivity, exports, capital and revenue outturn budget estimates, government expenditure and revenue, oil production and gas production; butdoes not include statistics produced by the Scottish Ministers in the exercise of a function which is exercisable by them pursuant to an Order made under section 63(1)(a) of the Scotland Act 1998.“market-sensitive statistics” means official statistics which when disclosed would, in the opinion of the person responsible, be reasonably likely to have a significant effect on the value or traded volume of any investment;“Northern Ireland Minister” includes a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly appointed as a junior Minister under section 19 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998;“official statistics” has the meaning given by section 6(1) of the Act;“person responsible” has the meaning given by section 67 of the Act;“pre-release access” has the meaning given by section 11(8) of the Act;“Scottish devolved statistics” has the meaning given by section 66 of the Act;“the UK Statistics Authority” means the Statistics Board (Am Bòrd an Staitistig) established under section 1 of the Act; and“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning, or any other day when the offices of the person responsible are closed.
1998 c. 47.
Art. 2 in force at 1.12.2008, see art. 1(1)Words in art. 2 inserted (22.4.2021) by Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 11), ss. 2(2), 4