Commentary on Sections and Schedules Part 1: the Statistics Board Section 19 Code: transitional
86.This section provides for the transitional arrangements from the point the Board is established, and before it has prepared and published a new Code, as required by section 10.
87.The section further provides that, until a new Code is adopted by the Board, the Board will maintain the current Code of Practice for National Statistics (subsection (2)).
88.Subsection (3) permits the Board to revise the existing Code before it publishes a new Code; and stipulates that if it does so, it must publish the Code as revised.
89.Subsection (4) provides that, in making revisions to the existing Code, the Board may not make any changes relating to pre-release access as defined in section 11.
90.Subsection (5) establishes that during the interim period, the Board can use the existing Code to assess statistics proposed by the appropriate authority for assessment under section 13, as well as to re-assess statistics already designated as National Statistics under section 14.