Paragraph 10

(1)

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 is amended as follows.

(2)

In schedule 2 (listed authorities)—

(a)

the entry numbered 14 is repealed; and

(b)

after the entry numbered 32 there is inserted—

“32A
The Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland.”.

(3)

In schedule 4 (matters which the Ombudsman must not investigate)—

(a)

for paragraph 1(b) there is substituted—

“(c)
by the Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland,”; and

(b)

after paragraph 15 there is inserted—

“16
Action taken—
(a)
by a local authority in discharge of its functions as a police authority, or
(b)
by any other person in discharge of the functions of a local authority as a police authority, by virtue of section 56(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65).”.