Commentary on Sections and Schedules Part 1: the Statistics Board Section 24 Delegated functions
104.This section allows a Minister of the Crown, a Welsh ministerial authority or a Northern Ireland department, by order, to delegate to the Board any of their functions relating to the production of statistics. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has previously delegated Ministerial functions under the Statistics of Trade Act 1947 – to the Director of the ONS – this provision allows the possibility of such delegation in the system established by this Act.