# The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish Public Authorities) Amendment Order 2020

S.S.I. 2020/146 · made 13 May 2020

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

Made under: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Section 4)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002-scottish-public-authorities-amendment-order-2020/pdf/ssi_20200146_en.pdf; Policy Note https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002-scottish-public-authorities-amendment-order-2020/pdf/ssipn_20200146_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Freedom Of Information
Made 13th May 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 15th May 2020
Coming into force 26th June 2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, and all other powers enabling them to do so.

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish Public Authorities) Amendment Order 2020 and comes into force on 26 June 2020.

## 2 Amendment of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

In Part 7 of schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish Public Authorities), after paragraph 77 insert—
“77A. The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission.”.

## Signature

GRAEME DEY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
13th May 2020

## 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 purposes of the Act, a “Scottish public authority” means a body or office which is listed in schedule 1 of the Act, or designated by order under section 5, or a publicly-owned company as defined by section 6. The list in schedule 1 of 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 adds the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission to Part 7 of schedule 1 of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/146 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002-scottish-public-authorities-amendment-order-2020
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