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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-complaints-of-maladministration-order-1999/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-complaints-of-maladministration-order-1999/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1351",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Complaints of Maladministration) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-complaints-of-maladministration-order-1999",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Authorities subject to investigation",
  "text": "The persons, bodies and authorities subject to investigation by the Scottish Commissioner are–\n(a) any member of the Scottish Executive;\n(b) any other office-holder in the Scottish Administration;\n(c) the Parliamentary corporation;\n(d) any Scottish public authority with mixed functions or no reserved functions which is listed in Schedule 1;\n(e) any cross-border public authority( which is listed in Schedule 2,\nand references in this Order to an authority subject to investigation are references to any such person, body or authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "A “cross border public authority” means any body, government department, office or office-holder specified in an Order in Council made by Her Majesty under section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, namely the Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Specification) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/ )."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1351/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:24.082123+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."
}