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Scottish Ministers
Lord Advocate
Accountant in Bankruptcy
Chief Dental Officer of the Scottish Administration
Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Administration
[F1Consumer Scotland ]
Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland
[F2Environmental Standards Scotland]
[F3Food Standards Scotland]
[F4 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))]
[F5Her 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
[F6Revenue Scotland]
[F7Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service]
[F8Scottish Fiscal Commission]
Scottish Housing Regulator
Textual Amendments
F1Words in sch. inserted (1.4.2022) by Consumer Scotland Act 2020 (asp 11), s. 29(2), sch. 2 para. 6; S.S.I. 2021/464, reg. 2
F2Words in sch. inserted (1.10.2021) by UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 4), s. 51(2), sch. 1 para. 15(5) (with s. 48(2)); S.S.I. 2021/304, reg. 2(b)
F3Words 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
F4Words 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)
F5Words 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)
F6Words 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.
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)(ii)
F8Words in sch. inserted (1.4.2017) by Scottish Fiscal Commission Act 2016 (asp 17), ss. 29(5), 31(2); S.S.I. 2016/326, reg. 2(2)
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