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SCHEDULEMODIFICATIONS OF PROVISIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 SPECIFIED IN REGULATION 12(2)

4.  In section 49—

(a)at the end of subsection (1), insert—

; or

(c)the applicant has not exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Scottish public authority or third party under regulation 14 of the 2009 Regulations;

(b)in subsection (6)—

(i)for the words from “that authority” to “Act”, substitute “a Scottish public authority or third party has acted or is acting in a way which is not compatible with regulation 8(4)(c) or 10 of the 2009 Regulations”; and

(ii)for paragraphs (a) and (b), substitute—

(a)the steps which must be taken by the Scottish public authority or third party for rectifying the incompatibility; and

(c)subsection (9) is omitted.