Welsh Statutory Instruments
Official Statistics, Wales
Made
21 February 2024
Coming into force
1 April 2024
The Welsh Ministers make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1)(b)(iii) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007(1).
In accordance with section 6(3) of that Act, the Welsh Ministers have consulted the Statistics Board.
In accordance with section 65(7) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, Senedd Cymru(2).
1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Official Statistics (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2024.
(2) This Order comes into force on 1 April 2024.
2. In the Schedule to the Official Statistics (Wales) Order 2017(3), at the appropriate place, insert “Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”(4).
Rebecca Evans
Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
21 February 2024
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Schedule to the Official Statistics (Wales) Order 2017 (“the 2017 Order”). The 2017 Order provides that the statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule are official statistics for the purpose of Part 1 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (“the Act”).
Article 2 of this Order amends the Schedule to the 2017 Order to provide that the statistics produced, or to be produced, by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research are official statistics for the purpose of Part 1 of the Act. The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research was established as a body corporate by the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.
The reference in section 65(7) to the National Assembly for Wales now has effect as a reference to Senedd Cymru, by virtue of section 150A(2) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
S.I. 2017/1142 (W. 284), amended by S.I. 2021/397 (W. 127).
The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research was established as a body corporate by section 1 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (asc 1).