135.These paragraphs insert the “Office for Budget Responsibility” into lists of institutions in various Acts.
136.Paragraph 22 amends Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 to include the Office.
137.Paragraph 23 amends Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 to include the Office.
138.Paragraph 24 amends Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975. Members of the Office are disqualified from becoming members of the House of Commons.
139.Paragraph 25 amends Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act to disqualify members of the Office from becoming members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
140.Paragraph 26 provides for the Office to be subject to the general statutory duty under section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976. It also provides that the amendment made by sub-paragraph (1) ceases to have effect when the repeal of the Race Relations Act 1976 by Schedule 27 to the Equality Act 2010 has effect for all purposes.
141.Paragraph 27 amends Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to make the Office responsible for dealing with requests under that Act.
142.Paragraph 28 provides for the inclusion of the Office in Part 1 of Schedule 19 to the Equality Act 2010. As a public authority specified in Schedule 19, the Office will be subject to the public sector equality duty.