(1)It is the duty of the Council and each designated body to enter into co-operation arrangements under this section.
(2)In this section—
“co-operation arrangements” has the same meaning as in section 20(2),
“designated body” means—
the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, and
the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.
(3)As soon as practicable after agreement is reached between the Council and a designated body on co-operation arrangements, the Council and the body must prepare a memorandum setting them out and send a copy of it to the Scottish Ministers.
(4)The Council and the designated body must keep under review any co-operation arrangements entered into by them under this section.
(5)As soon as practicable after agreement is reached on any changes to co-operation arrangements, the Council and the designated body to which they relate must revise their memorandum and send a copy of the revised memorandum to the Scottish Ministers.]
Textual Amendments
F1 S. 20A inserted (S.) (15.8.2011) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8) , s. 134(7) (8) , Sch. 2 para. 18 ; S.S.I. 2011/278 , art. 2(d)