The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2004

Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7)

6.  In section 33 of the Local Government Act 1974 (consultation between Local Commissioner, the Parliamentary Commissioner and the Health Service Commissioner)((1))–

(a) in subsection (1)–

(i) in paragraph (aa) omit “or”;

(ii) after paragraph (b), insert–

“or

(c) by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman in accordance with the Act of 2002,”;

(iii) after “appropriate Commissioner or” omit “the”; and

(iv) for “or under the Act of 1993” substitute “, the Act of 1993 or under the Act of 2002”;

(b) in subsection (2)–

(i) after “Welsh Administration Ombudsman” insert “, the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman”; and

(ii) for “the Ombudsman”, substitute “that Ombudsman”;

(c) in subsection (5) after “the Government of Wales Act 1998” insert “, in section 19 of the Act of 2002”; and

(d) in subsection (6) after “Act 1993” insert “and the Act of 2002” means the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002”.

(1)

Section 33 was amended by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38), sections 125 and 152 and Schedule 12, paragraph 17 and Schedule 18, Part 1 and the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (c. 46), section 20 and Schedule 2, paragraph 4, and Schedule 3.