(1)The Board may provide statistical services to any person in any place within or outside the United Kingdom.
(2)The services which may be provided under this section include in particular—
(a)providing information, advice and technical assistance in relation to statistics;
(b)providing quality assessment in relation to statistics;
(c)conducting statistical surveys and analysis;
(d)collecting, adapting and developing data.
The Board may promote and assist statistical research, in particular by providing access (where it may lawfully do so) to data held by it.
(1)A Minister of the Crown may by order delegate to the Board any of his functions relating to the production of statistics.
(2)A Welsh ministerial authority may by order delegate to the Board any of the authority’s functions relating to the production of statistics.
(3)A Northern Ireland department may by order delegate to the Board any of its functions relating to the production of statistics.
(4)An order under this section may include consequential or incidental provision (including provision amending any enactment).