2013 No. 278
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Designation of Persons as Scottish Public Authorities) Order 2013
Made
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 20021 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 5(5) of that Act2, they have consulted every person to whom the Order relates or persons appearing to them to represent such persons and such other persons as they considered appropriate.
In accordance with section 72(2)(b) of that Act3, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Designation of Persons as Scottish Public Authorities) Order 2013.
2
This Order comes into force on 1st April 2014.
3
In this Order, “the 2002 Act” means the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Designation of persons as Scottish public authorities2
A person described in column 1 of the table in the Schedule to this Order, being a person mentioned in section 5(2)(a) of the 2002 Act, is designated as a Scottish public authority in relation to any function of a public nature exercised by it specified in column 2 of that table.
SCHEDULEDESIGNATION OF PERSONS AS SCOTTISH PUBLIC AUTHORITY
Column 1 | Column 2 |
---|---|
Description of person | Functions of a public nature |
A body—
| Functions contained in— |
sections 90 and 163 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19734; | |
section 14 of the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 19825; | |
section 20 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 20036. |
(This note is not part of the Order)