Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010
10.—(1) The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 51 (information and advice), in subsection (3)(b)—
(a)the word “and” immediately following sub-paragraph (v) is repealed, and
(b)after that sub-paragraph insert—
“(va)integration joint boards established under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014, and”.
(3) In section 105 (interpretation of Part 5), in subsection (1), in the definition of “local authority”, at the end insert “and, other than in section 51(3), a reference to a local authority includes a person who is providing services in exercise of functions delegated to that person by a local authority in pursuance of an integration scheme prepared under section 1 or 2 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014.”.
(4) In schedule 5(2) (improvement of public functions: listed bodies), in the list headed “Scottish public authorities with mixed functions or no reserved functions” after “Highland and Islands Enterprise” insert—
“any integration joint board established under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 but only in relation to functions that it exercises other than functions delegated to it in pursuance of an integration scheme prepared under section 1 or 2 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014.”.
Schedule 5 was relevantly amended by the Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), schedule 1, paragraph 20(b) and by S.I. 2012/1659; S.S.I. 2013/192; and S.S.I. 2013/197.