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Complaints handling procedures: promotion of best practice etc.
Part 1 Entries not amendable by Order in Council
8.Any committee, joint committee or joint board the members of...
10.Any licensing board continued in existence by or established under...
11A.Any Transport Partnership created under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005...
15.Any Children’s Panel Advisory Committee formed under paragraph 3, or...
16.Any joint committee, for the administration of superannuation schemes for...
Part 2 Entries amendable by Order in Council
21.The Chief Investigating Officer established by section 9(1) of the...
21ZA.The Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland...
27.Any local enterprise company, that is to say any company...
29.The Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland....
31.The Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland....
33.The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh....
34.The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of...
40A.The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council.
76.The licensing authority designated under section 1(1) of the Activity...
Matters which the Ombudsman must not investigate
2.(1) The commencement or conduct of— (a) civil or criminal...
4.Action taken by a member of the administrative staff of...
5.Action taken by a person appointed under section 5(3)(c) of...
7.(1) Action taken in matters arising from concluded contractual or...
8.Action taken in respect of appointments or removals, pay, discipline,...
9.The grant of honours, awards or privileges within the gift...
10.Action concerning— (a) the giving of instruction, whether secular or...
11.Action taken by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland under—...
15.Action relating to the determination of the amount of any...
5.Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c.23)
8.Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c.73)
18.Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.9)
19.Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.10)
20.Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland Act 1997 (c.35)
21.Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 7)
Transfer of staff, property and liabilities and undetermined complaints
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