{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-scotland-act-1937/section-12A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-scotland-act-1937/section-12A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/43",
  "legislation_title": "Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-scotland-act-1937",
  "path": "section/12A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12A",
  "heading": "Duty to afford facilities for inspection etc. of certain records",
  "text": "It shall be the duty of the Keeper to arrange that reasonable facilities are available to the public for—\n(a) inspecting; and\n(b) obtaining copies of,\nsuch records held by the Keeper as either fall to be disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13) or comprise information which is exempt information (within the meaning of that Act) by virtue of section 25(2)(b)(ii) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 12A inserted (S.) (1.1.2005) by 2002 asp 13, ss. 70(3), 75(1) (with s. 66); S.S.I. 2004/203, art. 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/43/section/12A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:34:18.216747+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}