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The Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008
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Citation, commencement and extentS
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008, and comes into force on 1st December 2008.
(2) It extends to Scotland only.
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I1Art. 1 in force at 1.12.2008, see art. 1(1)
InterpretationS
2. In 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;
“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(1);
“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.
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I2Art. 2 in force at 1.12.2008, see art. 1(1)
Pre-release access – wholly Scottish devolved official statisticsS
3. The Schedule sets out rules and principles relating to the granting of pre-release access to official statistics which are wholly Scottish devolved statistics for the purposes of the Code of Practice.
Commencement Information
I3Art. 3 in force at 1.12.2008, see art. 1(1)
JIM MATHER
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
27th November 2008
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