{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-public-services-ombudsman-act-2002/section-16F",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-public-services-ombudsman-act-2002/section-16F.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2002/11",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-public-services-ombudsman-act-2002",
  "path": "section/16F",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16F",
  "heading": "Complaints handling procedures: application of other enactments",
  "text": "The duties in sections 16A(2) and (3) and 16C(2) do not apply to the extent that—\n(a) the listed authority lacks the necessary powers (other than by virtue of this Act) to ensure compliance with the duties, or\n(b) the duties are inconsistent with any other enactment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 16A-16G and cross-heading inserted (1.8.2010) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), ss. 119, 134(7); S.S.I. 2010/221, art. 3(2), sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/11/section/16F",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:01.368750+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."
}