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(introduced by section 2(1))
Commencement Information
I1Sch. in force at 24.2.2012 by S.S.I. 2012/21, art. 2 (as amended (23.2.2012) by S.S.I. 2012/42, art. 2)
Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Scottish Ministers
Lord Advocate
Accountant in Bankruptcy
Chief Dental Officer of the Scottish Administration
Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Administration
Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland
[F1Food Standards Scotland]
[F2 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary (appointed under section 71 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8) ) ]
[F3Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Her Majesty's Inspectors of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Assistant Inspectors of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service appointed under section 43A of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5)]
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
Her Majesty's Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland
Her Majesty's inspectors of schools (that is to say, the inspectors of schools appointed by Her Majesty on the recommendation of the Scottish Ministers under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44))
Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Keeper of the Registers of Scotland
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Procurators fiscal
Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer
Queen's Printer for Scotland
Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland
[F4Revenue Scotland]
[F5Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service]
Scottish Housing Regulator
Textual Amendments
F1Words in sch. inserted (1.4.2015) by Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1), ss. 17(6), 63(2) (with s. 62); S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2
F2Words in sch. substituted (17.9.2015) by The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/335), art. 2(c)(i)
F3Words in sch. substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 7 para. 73; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F4Words in sch. inserted (1.1.2015) by Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014 (asp 16), s. 260(2), Sch. 4 para. 8 (with ss. 257-259); S.S.I. 2014/370, art. 2, Sch.
F5Words in sch. substituted (17.9.2015) by The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/335), art. 2(c)(ii)
Accounts Commission for Scotland
Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland
Architecture and Design Scotland
Audit Scotland
Auditor General for Scotland
Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland
Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland
Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Bòrd na Gàidhlig
[F6British Waterways Board.]
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (registered number SC001854)
[F7Chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland]
Children's Hearings Scotland
F8...
[F9Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland]
Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland
Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
Court of the Lord Lyon
Court of Session
Creative Scotland
[F10Criminal Courts Rules Council]
Crofting Commission
David MacBrayne Ltd (registered number SC015304)
General Teaching Council for Scotland
Health Boards (constituted under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29))
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prosecution in Scotland
High Court of Justiciary
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (registered number SC097647)
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
[F11Independent prison monitors appointed under section 7B(2)(a) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989]
[F12Integration joint boards established under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014]
[F13Historic Environment Scotland]
Joint boards (established under section 62A(1) or 62B(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65))
F14...
Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland
Justice of the peace courts
Justices of the peace advisory committees
Lands Tribunal for Scotland
F8...
Licensing Boards (continued in existence or established under section 5 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 16))
Local authorities
Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland
National Convener of Children's Hearings Scotland
National Park authorities (established by virtue of designation orders under section 6 of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 10))
[F10Panel appointed under regulation 90C of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012]
Parole Board for Scotland
F14...
[F15Police Investigations and Review Commissioner]
Principal Reporter
[F16Prison monitoring co-ordinators appointed under section 7A(2) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989]
Private rented housing panel
F17...
F18...
Public Transport Users' Committee for Scotland
Quality Meat Scotland
Risk Management Authority
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Safeguarders Panel
Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards
Scottish Agricultural Wages Board
Scottish Charity Appeals Panel
Scottish Children's Reporter Administration
[F10Scottish Civil Justice Council]
Scottish Commission for Human Rights
Scottish Commission for Public Audit
F8...
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
[F10Scottish Fire and Rescue Service]
Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
Scottish Futures Trust Ltd (registered number SC348382)
Scottish Health Council
Scottish Information Commissioner
Scottish Land Court
Scottish Law Commission
Scottish Legal Aid Board
Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee
Scottish Natural Heritage
[F19Scottish Police Authority]
F14...
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Scottish Road Works Commissioner
[F10Scottish Sentencing Council]
Scottish Social Services Council
Scottish Sports Council
Scottish Water
Sheriff courts
Skills Development Scotland Co. Ltd (registered number SC202659)
Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland
Special Health Boards (constituted under section 2(1)(b) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29))
Standards Commission for Scotland
Transport Partnerships
[F10TS Prestwick Holdco Ltd (registered number SC462050)]
[F20National Library of Scotland]
F21...
VisitScotland
Water Industry Commission for Scotland
Textual Amendments
F6Words in sch. inserted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 27 (with arts. 4-6)
F7Words in sch. substituted (17.9.2015) by The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/335), art. 2(c)(iii)
F8Words in sch. removed (17.9.2015) by The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/335), art. 2(b)
F9Words in sch. substituted (1.7.2013) by The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 18(a)
F10Words in sch. added (17.9.2015) by The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/335), art. 2(a)
F11Words in sch. inserted (31.08.2015) by The Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I 2015/39), Sch. para. 8(a)
F12Words in sch. inserted (1.4.2015) by The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications and Saving) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/157), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 11
F13Words in sch. inserted (27.2.2015) by Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 (asp 19), s. 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(a) (with ss. 29, 30); S.S.I. 2015/31, art. 2, Sch.
F14Words in sch. repealed (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 8 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F15Words in sch. substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 7 para. 45; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F16Words in sch. inserted (31.08.2015) by The Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I 2015/39), Sch. para. 8(b)
F17Words in sch. omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 18(b)
F18Words in sch. omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 18(c)
F19Words in sch. inserted (8.8.2012) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 18
F20Words in sch. substituted (1.2.2013) by National Library of Scotland Act 2012 (asp 3), s. 12(3), Sch. 2 para. 10; S.S.I. 2013/1, art. 2
F21Words in sch. omitted (31.08.2015) by The Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I 2015/39), Sch. para. 8(c)
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