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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2024 No. 188

Public Sector Information

The Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator (Duty to Publish Certain Information) Regulations 2024

Made

25th June 2024

Coming into force

7th October 2024

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 23 of the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Act 2021(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 24(3)(a) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.  These regulations may be cited as the Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator (Duty to Publish Certain Information) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 7 October 2024.

Amendment of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010

2.  In schedule 8 (information on exercise of public functions: listed public bodies) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010(2), after the entry relating to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, insert “Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator”.

TOM ARTHUR

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

25th June 2024

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision consequential on, and ancillary to, the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Act 2021, to add the Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator to the public bodies listed in schedule 8 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010. This makes the Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator subject to duties under Part 3 of that Act to publish information about certain types of expenditure, the exercise of functions and the use of special advisers.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment, Equality Impact Assessment, Data Protection Impact Assessment, and Fairer Scotland Duty Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies can be obtained from the Scottish Government, B1 Spur, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh EH11 3XD.