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F1X1F2C1SCHEDULE 2 Departments Etc. Subject to Investigation

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Sch. 2: due to the large number of entries contained in Sch. 2 and the frequency with which it has been amended, no separate versions are retained in respect of amendments coming into force after 25.11.2002 or which are not yet in force. Historic information relating to all such amendments is reflected in the current version (except that text replaced by substituted words or entries is not reproduced in the current version but is preserved in preceding versions).

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  • F3X2Accounts Commission for Scotland

  • F122Adult Learning Inspectorate

  • F123F4Advisory Board on Family Law

  • F4Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes

  • Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.

  • F124Advisory Council on Historical Manuscripts

  • F125Advisory Council on National Records and Archives

  • F4Advisory Council on Public Records

  • F4Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees

  • F5Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales

  • Agricultural wages committees.

  • F6Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

  • F5Alcohol Education and Research Council

  • F126F4Apple and Pear Research Council

  • F7Arts Council of England

  • F8Arts Council of Wales (Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru)

  • F127Arts Council of Great Britain.

  • F9Scottish Arts Council

  • F10Director of the Assets Recovery Agency.

  • F128The Arts and Humanities Research Council.

  • F4Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board

  • F4Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland

  • F5Britain-Russia Centre and the British East-West Centre

  • F5British Association for Central and Eastern Europe

  • British Council.

  • F4British Educational Communications and Technology Agency

  • F4British Hallmaking Council

  • British Library Board.

  • F4British Museum

  • F4British Potato Council

  • F4British Tourist Authority

  • F129F4Broadcasting Standards Commission

  • F11Building Societies Commission.

  • F5Cabinet Office

  • Central Police Training and Development Authority

  • F12F4Central Rail Users’ Consultative Committee

  • Certification Officer.

  • F14F13Central Statistical Office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer

  • Charity Commission.

  • F14Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

  • F4Civil Aviation Authority

  • F4Civil Justice Council

  • F17F15Office of the Minister for the Civil Service

  • F130Civil Service Commission.

  • F131F4Clinical Standards Advisory Group

  • F132Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection.

  • F133F16 Commission for Health Improvement

  • F17The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.

  • F134Commission for Social Care Inspection.

  • F18F135Commissioner for Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action

  • F136F4 Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members

  • F4Committee for Monitoring Agreements on Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship

  • F137F4 Committee of Investigation for Great Britain

  • F4Committee on Standards in Public Life

  • F19Commonwealth Institute

  • F4Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom

  • F4Community Development Foundation

  • F5Competition Commission

  • F138F4 Consumer Panel

  • F139F4 Consumers’ Committee for Great Britain under the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958

  • F20Coal Authority.

  • Co-operative Development Agency.

  • F21Countryside Agency

  • F22Countryside Commission for Scotland

  • F23Countryside Council for Wales.

  • F140Crafts Council.

  • F24Crofters Commission

  • Crown Estate Office.

  • F25Department for Culture, Media, and Sport.

  • Customs and Excise.

  • F26F27Data Protection Commissioner

  • F28Deer Commission for Scotland

  • Ministry of Defence.

  • F4Design Council

  • Development Commission.

  • F29 Disability Rights Commission

  • F141Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee

  • F30United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board

  • F31The Department for Education and Employment.

  • F142F4 Docklands Light Railway

  • F32Education Assets Board.

  • F33Department for Education

  • F34 Department for Education and Skills

  • Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges.

  • F35Electoral Commission.

  • F36F4East Midlands Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F36F4Eastern Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F36F37Office of the Director General of Electricity Supply.

  • F38Department of Employment

  • F39Department of Energy

  • F40Department of the Environment

  • F41 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • F42Department for Transport

  • F43Department for Work and Pensions

  • F44English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting

  • F45English Nature

  • F46F47The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

  • F48Environment Agency

  • F48Scottish Environment Protection Agency

  • Equal Opportunities Commission.

  • Export Credits Guarantee Department.

  • F49Office of the Director General of Fair Trading.

  • British Film Institute.

  • F4Fleet Air Arm Museum

  • F143F4 Food Advisory Committee

  • F4Food from Britain

  • F50Food Standards Agency

  • F4Football Licensing Authority

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

  • Forestry Commission.

  • F11F51Friendly Societies Commission

  • F11Registry of Friendly Societies.

  • F144F4 Further Education Funding Council for England

  • F5Gaming Board for Great Britain

  • F145Gangmasters Licensing Authority

  • F36F4Gas Consumers’ Council.

  • F52Gas and Electricity Consumer Council.

  • F52Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.

  • F36Office of the Director General of Gas Supply.

  • F4Geffrye Museum

  • F4Gene Therapy Advisory Committee

  • F53General Social Care Council.

  • F3General Teaching Council for Scotland

  • F146Government Actuary’s Department.

  • F54Department of Health.

  • F147Health Protection Agency.

  • Health and Safety Commission.

  • Health and Safety Executive.

  • . . . F55

  • F56Highlands and Islands Development Board

  • F4Higher Education Funding Council for England

  • Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.

  • F4Historic Royal Palaces

  • F4Home-Grown Cereals Authority

  • Home Office.

  • F4Horniman Museum and Gardens

  • F148Horserace Betting Levy Board.

  • F4Horticultural Development Council

  • Housing Corporation.

  • F57Housing for Wales

  • F58Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

  • F59The Immigration Services Commissioner

  • F4Imperial War Museum

  • F149The Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts.

  • Central Office of Information.

  • F60Information Commissioner.

  • Inland Revenue.

  • F61Department for International Developement.

  • F62 Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce.

  • F4Investors in People UK

  • F4Joint Nature Conservation Committee

  • Land Registry.

  • F150Learning and Skills Council for England

  • F63Legal Aid Board

  • F64Scottish Legal Aid Board.

  • F65Legal Services Commission

  • F66The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner

  • The following general lighthouse authorities—

  • (a) the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

  • (b) the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses.

  • F3Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland

  • F67F151 Local Government Commission for England.

  • F36F4London Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F152F4 London Regional Passengers’ Committee

  • F4F153 Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct

  • F154The Department for Constitutional Affairs

  • Lord President of the Council’s Office.

  • . . . F68

  • . . . F69

  • F4Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission

  • F4Meat and Livestock Commission

  • F70Medical Practices Committee.

  • F71Scottish Medical Practices Committee.

  • F4Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee

  • F36F4Merseyside and North Wales Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F36F4Midlands Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F4Milk Development Council

  • F4Millennium Commission

  • F72Monopolies and Mergers Commission

  • F155Museums and Galleries Commission.

  • F4Museum of London

  • F4Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester

  • F4National Army Museum

  • F4National Biological Standards Board (UK)

  • F73F156National Care Standards Commission.

  • F157The National Community Forum

  • F4National Consumer Council

  • National Debt Office.

  • F4National Employers’ Liaison Committee

  • F4National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts

  • F158F4 National Film and Television School

  • F4National Forest Company

  • F3National Galleries of Scotland

  • F4National Gallery

  • F3National Library of Scotland

  • F3National Museums of Scotland

  • F74National Rivers Authority

  • F75Department of National Heritage.

  • Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

  • F76Office of the Director General of the National Lottery

  • F77National Lottery Commission

  • F4National Lottery Charities Board

  • F159Department for National Savings.

  • F78Scottish Natural Heritage.

  • F4National Maritime Museum

  • F4National Museum of Science and Industry

  • F4National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside

  • F4National Portrait Gallery

  • F4National Radiological Protection Board

  • F4Natural History Museum

  • Nature Conservancy Council.

  • F79F80Nature Conservancy Council for England.

  • F81Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland

  • F4New Millennium Experience Company Ltd

  • F4New Opportunities Fund

  • Commission for the New Towns.

  • F160Development corporations for new towns.

  • F36F4North Eastern Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F36F5North of Scotland Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F36F4North Western Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • Northern Ireland Court Service.

  • F4Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

  • F161The Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission

  • Northern Ireland Office.

  • F82Northern Ireland Policing Board

  • F162Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

  • F163F7 Occupational Pensions Board

  • F83The Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority

  • F4Oil and Pipelines Agency

  • F164The Office of Communications

  • F165F4 Boundary Commission for England

  • F5F166Boundary Commission for Scotland

  • F167F4Boundary Commission for Wales

  • F4Parole Board

  • F3Parole Board for Scotland

  • F84The Pensions Compensation Board

  • Ordnance Survey.

  • F13Office of Population Censuses and Surveys

  • F85Consumer Council for Postal Services

  • F86Police Information Technology Organisation

  • F87F4Post Office Users’ Council for Northern Ireland

  • F87F4Post Office Users’ Council for Scotland

  • F87F4Post Office Users’ Council for Wales

  • F87F4Post Office Users’ National Council

  • F88Postal Services Commission

  • F4Probation Board for Northern Ireland

  • Registrar of Public Lending Right.

  • Public Record Office.

  • F89 Office of Fair Trading

  • F90Office of Public ServiceF91and Science .

  • F168F4Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

  • F92The International Rail Regulator.

  • F12F93The Director of Passenger Rail Franchising.

  • F94F169The Office of Rail Regulation

  • Scottish Record Office.

  • Commission for Racial Equality.

  • F95Rail Passengers’ Committees.

  • F95Rail Passengers’ Council.

  • F12F4Rail Users’ Consultative Committee for Eastern England

  • F12F4Rail Users’ Consultative Committee for North Eastern England

  • F12F4Rail Users’ Consultative Committee for North Western England

  • F12F4Rail Users’ Consultative Committee for Scotland

  • F12F4Rail Users’ Consultative Committee for Southern England

  • F12F4Rail Users’ Consultative Committee for the Midlands

  • F12F4Rail Users’ Consultative Committee for Wales

  • F12F4Rail Users’ Consultative Committee for Western England

  • F4Remploy Ltd

  • F96Red Deer Commission

  • F71Department of the Registers of Scotland

  • F71General Register Office, Scotland

  • F97Agriculture and Food Research Council

  • F7Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  • F7Council for the Central Laboratory of Research Councils

  • Economic and Social Research Council.

  • F7Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  • Medical Research Council.

  • Natural Environment Research Council.

  • F7Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council

  • F98Science and Engineering Research Council

  • F99The International Rail Regulator

  • F100Regional development agencies

  • F101(other than the London Development Agency)

  • F170Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies.

  • Residuary Bodies.

  • F171Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries

  • F4Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art

  • F102Office of the Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members

  • F4Royal Air Force Museum

  • F4Royal Armouries Museum

  • F3Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

  • F4Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

  • F4 Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts

  • F3Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

  • F4Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England

  • F4Royal Marines Museum

  • Royal Mint.

  • F4Royal Naval Museum

  • F4Royal Navy Submarine Museum

  • F103Office of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales.

  • F4Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health

  • F3Scottish Agricultural Wages Board

  • F3Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

  • F3Scottish Community Education Council

  • F3Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum

  • F3Scottish Council for Educational Technology

  • F71Scottish Courts Administration.

  • F104Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

  • F3Scottish Further Education Funding Council

  • F3Scottish Further Education Unit

  • F3Scottish Higher Education Funding Council

  • F105Scottish Homes.

  • Scottish Office.

  • F3Scottish Qualifications Authority

  • F3Scottish Screen Ltd

  • F3Scottish Studentship Selection Committee

  • F3Scottish Water and Sewerage Customers’ Council

  • F4Sea Fish Industry Authority

  • F106Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

  • F172Sector Skills Development Agency

  • F173Security Industry Authority.

  • F107The Service Authority for the National Crime Squad.

  • F107The Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service.

  • F4Sir John Soane’s Museum

  • F174Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas.

  • F54Department of Social Security.

  • F175Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.

  • F36F4South Eastern Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F36F4South of Scotland Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F36F4South Wales Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F36F4South Western Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F36F4Southern Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F176Sports Council.

  • F108English Sports Council

  • Scottish Sports Council.

  • F108United Kingdom Sports Council.

  • F109Sports Council for Wales.

  • F110F177The Staff Commission for Wales (Comisiwn Staff Cymru).

  • F111Standards Board for England.

  • F4Standing Dental Advisory Committee

  • F4Standing Medical Advisory Committee

  • F4Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee

  • F4Standing Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee

  • F178Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

  • F112Strategic Rail Authority.

  • F113 The Office for National Statistics.

  • F4Tate Gallery

  • F4Teacher Training Agency

  • F179Office of the Director General of Telecommunications.

  • F4The Great Britain-China Centre

  • F180F4SITPRO Ltd

  • English Tourist Board.

  • F71Scottish Tourist Board.

  • F109Wales Tourist Board

  • Board of Trade.

  • Department of Trade and Industry.

  • F181Agricultural Training Board.

  • F182Clothing and Allied Products Industry Training Board.

  • Construction Industry Training Board.

  • F183Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

  • F184Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board.

  • F185Plastics Processing Industry Training Board.

  • F186Road Transport Industry Training Board.

  • . . . F114

  • F115F187 Traffic Director for London.

  • F40Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions

  • F4Treasure Valuation Committee

  • Treasury.

  • Treasury Solicitor.

  • F4United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

  • F188UK Film Council

  • F189F4 United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards

  • F4United Kingdom Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority

  • F4Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority

  • Urban development corporations F116established for urban development areas wholly in England.

  • F117Urban Regeneration Agency.

  • F190Valuation Tribunal Service.

  • F4Victoria and Albert Museum

  • F118Development Board for Rural Wales

  • F4Wallace Collection

  • F4War Pensions Committees

  • F119Office of the Director General of Water Services.

  • F120Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh Language Board)

  • F191Wales Office

  • F4Westminster Foundation for Democracy

  • F4Wine Standards Board of the Vintners’ Company

  • F4Women’s National Commission

  • F192F4 Yorkshire Region Electricity Consumers’ Committee

  • F121Youth Justice Board

  • F5Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

NOTES

F193A1

In the case of the Director of the Assets Recovery Agency an investigation under this Act may be conducted only in respect of the exercise of functions vested in him by virtue of a notice served on the Commissioners of Inland Revenue under section 317(2), 321(2) or 322(2) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Inland Revenue functions).

A2

The reference to the Department for Constitutional Affairs includes the Lord Chancellor’s Department and the Public Trustee

1

The reference to the Ministry of Defence includes the Defence Council, the Admiralty Board, the Army Board and the Air Force Board.

F2021A

The reference to the Environment Agency is a reference to that Agency in relation to all its functions other than its flood defence functions, within the meaning of the M1Water Resources Act 1991 F203; and no investigation under this Act shall be conducted in respect of any action in connection with functions of the Environment Agency in relation to Wales (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 1998)..

F2041B

In the case of the Forestry Commission no investigation under this Act shall be conducted in respect of any action in connection with functions of the Forestry Commissioners in relation to Wales (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 1998).

F1942. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

In the case of the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond an investigation under this Act may only be conducted in respect of action in connection with their functions as a general lighthouse authority.

4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F195. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

The reference to the Lord President of the Council’s Office F196. . . does not include the Privy Council Office.

F1976

The reference to the Cabinet Office does not include any of the Secretariats, the Joint Intelligence Organisation or the office of the Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service, but includes the executive agencies of the Cabinet Office and the office of any Minister whose expenses are defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament for the service of the Cabinet Office, and the reference to the Treasury includes its subordinate departments and the office of any Minister whose expenses are defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament for the service of the Treasury.

7

In the case of the Commission for the New Towns F198or a development corporation for a new town, no investigation shall be conducted under this Act in respect of any action in connection with functions in relation to housing.

8

The reference to the Treasury Solicitor does not include a reference to Her Majesty’s Procurator General.

8A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F199. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9

In the case of an urban development corporation no investigation under this Act shall be conducted in respect of any action in connection with functions in relation to town and country planning.

10

In relation to any function exercised on behalf of the Crown by a department or authority to which this Act applies which was previously exercisable on behalf of the Crown by a department or authority to which this Act does not apply, the reference to the department or authority to which this Act applies includes a reference to the other department or authority if the other department or authority—

a

ceased to exercise the function before the commencement of this Act; or

b

where it exercised the function after the commencement of this Act, only did so when it was a department or authority to which this Act applied.

F20111

In the case of the Urban Regeneration Agency no investigation under this Act shall be conducted in respect of any action in connection with functions in relation to town and country planning.

13

In the case of the Government Actuary’s Department an investigation may be conducted under this Act only in respect of the giving of advice by the Government Actuary’s Department on or before 26 April 2001 relating to the exercise of functions under-

a

Part 2 of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 F205, or

b

any other enactment relating to the regulation of insurance companies within the meaning of that Act.