2012 No. 2
The Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
Made
Affirmed by resolution of the Assembly on
Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1
The Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by 6 (1)(b) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 20071.
In accordance with section 6 (3) of that Act the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland has consulted the Statistics Board2.
Citation and commencementI11
This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2012.
InterpretationI32
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19543 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Official Statistics - wholly Northern Ireland devolved official statisticsI43
To the extent that they are not otherwise official statistics by virtue of section 6 (1)(a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, the wholly Northern Ireland devolved statistics4 produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule to this Order are specified as official statistics for the purposes of section 6 (1)(b) of that Act.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 5th January 2012

I2SCHEDULE
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Agri-food and Biosciences Institute
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Arts Council of Northern Ireland
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Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
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Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
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Livestock & Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland Cancer Registry at Queens University Belfast
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Northern Ireland Housing Executive
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Northern Ireland Library Authority
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Northern Ireland Policing Board
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Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
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Probation Board for Northern Ireland
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Regional Business Services Organisation
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Sport NI
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The Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Wellbeing
(This note is not part of the order)
Sch. in operation at 1.4.2012, see art. 1