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Explanatory Notes<br />

UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 – <strong>SIC</strong>(2007)<br />

Section O<br />

Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security<br />

This section includes activities of a governmental nature, normally carried out by the public administration. This includes the<br />

enactment and judicial interpretation of laws and their pursuant regulation, as well as the administration of programmes based<br />

on them, legislative activities, taxation, national defence, public order and safety, immigration services, <strong>for</strong>eign affairs and the<br />

administration of government programmes.<br />

This section also includes compulsory social security activities.<br />

The legal or institutional status is not, in itself, the determining factor <strong>for</strong> an activity to belong in this section, rather than the<br />

activity being of a nature specified in the previous paragraph. This means that activities classified elsewhere in <strong>SIC</strong> do not fall<br />

under this section, even if carried out by public entities. For example, administration of the school system (i.e. regulations,<br />

checks, curricula) falls under this section, but t<strong>each</strong>ing itself does not (see section P), and a prison or military hospital is classified<br />

to health (see section Q). Similarly, some activities described in this section may be carried out by non-government units.<br />

84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security<br />

84.1 Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community<br />

This group includes general administration (e.g. executive, legislative, financial administration etc. at all levels of government)<br />

and supervision in the field of social and economic life.<br />

84.11 General public administration activities<br />

This class includes:<br />

O<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

executive and legislative administration of central, regional and local bodies<br />

administration and supervision of fiscal affairs:<br />

■ operation of taxation schemes<br />

■ duty/tax collection on goods and tax violation investigation<br />

■ customs administration<br />

budget implementation and management of public funds and public debt:<br />

■ raising and receiving of money and control of their disbursement<br />

– administration of overall (civil) research and development policy and associated funds<br />

– administration and operation of overall economic and social planning and statistical services at the various levels of<br />

government<br />

This class excludes:<br />

–<br />

operation of government owned or occupied buildings, see 68.2, 68.3<br />

– administration of research and development policies intended to increase personal well-being and of associated funds,<br />

see 84.12<br />

– administration of research and development policies intended to improve economic per<strong>for</strong>mance and competitiveness,<br />

see 84.13<br />

– administration of defence-related research and development policies and of associated funds, see 84.22<br />

–<br />

operation of government archives, see 91.01<br />

84.12 Regulation of the activities of providing health care, education, cultural services and other social services, excluding<br />

social security<br />

This class includes:<br />

–<br />

public administration of programmes aimed to increase personal well-being:<br />

■ health<br />

■ education<br />

■ culture<br />

■ sport<br />

■ recreation<br />

■ environment<br />

■ housing<br />

■ social services<br />

– public administration of research and development policies and associated funds <strong>for</strong> these areas<br />

This class also includes:<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

sponsoring of recreational and cultural activities<br />

distribution of public grants to artists<br />

administration of potable water supply programmes<br />

administration of waste collection and disposal operations<br />

administration of environmental protection programmes<br />

– administration of housing programmes<br />

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