Commentary on provisions of Act Schedules Schedule 3: Consequential amendments
Paragraph 1 inserts "Advanced Research and Invention Agency" at the appropriate place in Part 2 of the Table in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958. This means that any records produced by ARIA from the moment of its creation should be treated as public records and be subject to the restrictions and principles governing public records.
	Paragraph 2 inserts "Advanced Research and Invention Agency" at the appropriate place in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967. This means that ARIA is listed as one of the bodies that can be subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Parliamentary Ombudsman); the body that is responsible for investigating the administrative actions of central government departments and public authorities.
	Paragraph 3 inserts "Advanced Research and Invention Agency" at the appropriate place in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975. The Act prohibits certain categories of people from becoming members of the House of Commons, and the provision therefore means that members of ARIA and members of ARIA staff, committees and sub-committees are prohibited from becoming members of the House of Commons and vice versa.
	Paragraph 4 inserts "Advanced Research and Invention Agency" at the appropriate place in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975. The Act prohibits certain categories of people from becoming members of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the provision therefore means that members of ARIA and members of ARIA staff, committees and sub-committees are prohibited from becoming members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and vice versa.
	Paragraph 5 means that, for the purposes of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, ARIA will be treated in the same way as a body which is a "public authority" for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	Paragraph 6 inserts "Advanced Research and Invention Agency" at the appropriate place in Part 1 of Schedule 19 to the Equality Act 2010 under the heading "Industry, business, finance etc", thus making ARIA a body subject to the provisions of that Act.
	Paragraphs 7 to 11 mean that, for the purposes of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, ARIA will be treated in the same way as a body which is a "public authority" for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	Paragraph 12 means that, for the purposes of the Enterprise Act 2016, ARIA will be treated in the same way as a body which is a "public authority" for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	Paragraphs 13 to 15 and 18 mean that, for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018, ARIA will be treated in the same way as a body which is a "public authority" for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and the UK GDPR is updated to reflect the amended definition of "public authority" in the Data Protection Act 2018.
	Paragraph 16 means that, for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions (Intermediaries) Regulations 2000 and the Social Security Contributions (Intermediaries) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000, ARIA will be treated in the same way as a body which is a "public authority" for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	Paragraph 17 amends the definition of "contracting authority" of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 to exclude ARIA. This means that the obligations in these regulations which apply to a contracting authority will not apply to ARIA