The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Delegation of Functions) (Economic Statistics) Order 2008
This Order, which comes into force on 1st April 2008, delegates certain functions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer relating to the production of statistics under the Statistics of Trade Act 1947 (“the 1947 Act”) to the Statistics Board. These functions were previously delegated to the Director of the Office of National Statistics. The Office of National Statistics will cease to function and will be replaced by the Statistics Board when the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18) comes fully into force.