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The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish Public Authorities) Amendment Order 2013

S.S.I. 2013/126 · Made 18 April 2013

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Freedom Of Information

Made 18th April 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22nd April 2013

Coming into force 28th May 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2002 asp 13.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Scottish public authorities
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish Public Authorities) Amendment Order 2013 and comes into force on 28th May 2013.

2Scottish public authorities

In Part 7 of schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish public authorities: others)f1—

(a)

add the bodies listed in the Schedule to this Order in the appropriate place for each;

(b)

remove entry 62 (The Central Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace); and

(c)

remove entry 69 (A justice of the peace advisory committee) and add as new entry 69 “A Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee established under the Justices of the Peace (Scotland) Order 2007.”.

Signature

NICOLA STURGEON

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

18th April 2013

PART 7

OTHERS

62D

The Criminal Courts Rules Council.

72A

Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland.

80AA

The Scottish Civil Justice Council.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The obligations under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“the Act”) apply to Scottish public authorities. For the purpose of the Act, a “Scottish public authority” means a body or office which is listed in schedule 1 to the Act or designated by Order under section 5, or a publicly-owned company as defined by section 6. The list in schedule 1 to the Act may be amended, by adding or removing references to bodies or offices, by order under section 4(1) of the Act.

Article 2 amends Part 7 of schedule 1 to the Act to add the bodies listed in the Schedule to this Order, to remove the entry for “The Central Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace” and to substitute the entry “A justice of the peace committee” with “A Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee established under the Justices of the Peace (Scotland) Order 2007.