Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Designation of Persons as Scottish Public Authorities) Order 2013.

(2) This Order comes into force on 1st April 2014.

(3) In this Order, “the 2002 Act” means the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Designation of persons as Scottish public authorities

2.  A person described in column 1 of the table in the Schedule to this Order, being a person mentioned in section 5(2)(a) of the 2002 Act, is designated as a Scottish public authority in relation to any function of a public nature exercised by it specified in column 2 of that table.

NICOLA STURGEON

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

19th September 2013