| Short Title: | Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007[1] |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to establish and make provision about the Statistics Board; to make provision about offices and office-holders under the Registration Service Act 1953; and for connected purposes. |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 2007 c 18 |
| Royal Assent: | 26 July 2007 |
| Status: | current |
| Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/contents/enacted |
| Legislation History: | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/statistics_and_registration_service.htm |
| Revised Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/contents |
The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c18) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). It came into force in April 2008. Sir Michael Scholar was appointed as the first Chair of the UKSA.
The Act established the UK Statistics Authority as a non-ministerial department that employs the National Statistician. The National Statistician has an office to support them, the Office for National Statistics.