Investigations by the Ombudsman

4 Persons liable to investigation: supplementary

1

A person is a publicly-owned company for the purposes of section 3(3) if that person is a company wholly owned by the Scottish Ministers or by any listed authority.

2

A company is wholly owned—

a

by the Scottish Ministers if it has no members except—

i

the Scottish Ministers or companies wholly owned by the Scottish Ministers, or

ii

persons acting on behalf of the Scottish Ministers or of such companies,

b

by a listed authority if it has no members except—

i

the authority or companies wholly owned by the authority, or

ii

persons acting on behalf of the authority or of such companies.

3

In subsections (1) and (2), “company” includes any body corporate.