1.  This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2003 and shall come into force on 16th December 2003.

2.  The Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 shall be amended as follows.

3.  In Schedule 2:—

(a)insert the following entries in the appropriate place in alphabetical order:

• Adult Learning Inspectorate

• Advisory Council on Historical Manuscripts

• Advisory Council on National Records and Archives

• Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee

• Learning and Skills Council for England

• The Office of Communications

• The National Community Forum

• The Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission

• Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries

• Sector Skills Development Agency

• UK Film Council

(b)delete the following entries:

• Advisory Board on Family Law

• Agricultural Training Board

• Apple and Pear Research Council

• Arts Council of Great Britain

• Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work

• Civil Service Commission

• Clinical Standards Advisory Group

• Clothing and Allied Products Industry Training Board

• Commissioner for Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action

• Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members

• Committee of Investigation for Great Britain

• Consumer Panel

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

• Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas

• Crafts Council

• Department for National Savings

• Development corporations for new towns

• Docklands Light Railway

• Food Advisory Committee

• Further Education Funding Council for England

• Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board

• Local Government Commission for England

• London Regional Passengers' Committee

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

• Museums and Galleries Commission

• National Film and Television School

• Occupational Pensions Board

• Plastics Processing Industry Training Board

• Road Transport Industry Training Board

• Sports Council

• Staff Commission for Wales (Comisiwn Staff Cymru)

• Traffic Director for London

• United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards

• Yorkshire Region Electricity Consumers' Committee

(c)for “The Simpler Trade Procedures Board” substitute “SITPRO Ltd”;

(d)for “Engineering Industry Training Board” substitute “Engineering Construction Industry Training Board”;

(e)for “Qualifications Curriculum Authority” substitute “Qualifications and Curriculum Authority”;

(f)for “The Lord Chancellor’s Department” substitute “The Department for Constitutional Affairs”;

(g)for “Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England” substitute “ Boundary Commission for England”;

(h)for “Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales” substitute “Boundary Commission for Wales ”;

(i)for “Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland” substitute “Boundary Commission for Scotland”;

(j)for “Stationery Office” substitute “Her Majesty’s Stationery Office”;

(k)for “Welsh Office” substitute “Wales Office”;

(l)insert as Note A2 “The reference to the Department for Constitutional Affairs includes the Lord Chancellor’s Department and the Public Trustee”;

(m)delete Note 4; and

(n)delete Note 8A.

4.  In Schedule 4:

(a)insert in the appropriate place in alphabetical order the following entries:—

• Traffic Commissioners appointed under section 4 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981(2)

• Adjudicators appointed under article 7 (1) (b) of the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (3)

(b)delete the following entries:—

• Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Scotland constituted under section 6 of, and the Schedule to, the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943(4)

• Financial Services Tribunal constituted under section 96 of the Financial Services Act 1986(5)

(c)for “Special Educational Needs Tribunal constituted under section177 of the Education Act 1993” substitute “Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967. It adds the bodies referred to in article 3(a) to the list of departments and authorities which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration; deletes from that list those bodies referred to in article 3(b); and amends those entries in the list referred to in articles 3(c) to (k). This Order deletes Notes 4 and 8A from Schedule 2 and inserts a new Note A2 as referred to in articles 3(l) to 3 (n). This Order adds the tribunals referred to in article 4(a) to the list of tribunals whose administrative functions may be subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration under the terms of section 5 (7). The tribunals referred to in article 4(b) of this order are deleted from that list. The entry in respect of the tribunal referred to in article 4(c) is amended.