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Part 1 Access to information held by Scottish public authorities
Part 7 Miscellaneous and supplemental
62. Power to make provision relating to environmental information
63. Disclosure of information to Scottish Public Services Ombudsman or to Information Commissioner
64. Power to amend or repeal enactments prohibiting disclosure of information
65. Offence of altering etc. records with intent to prevent disclosure
71. Amendment of Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002
Part 2 Non Ministerial Office Holders In The Scottish Administration
9.Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Scottish Fire and Rescue...
10.Her Majesty’s inspectors of schools (that is to say, the...
16.The Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland....
18.A rent officer appointed under section 43(3) of the Rent...
19.A social work inspector appointed under section 4 of the...
Part 4 The National Health Service
26.The Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service.
27.A Health Board, constituted under section 2 of the National...
30.A local health council, established under section 7 of the...
33.A person providing primary medical services under a general medical...
34.A person providing primary medical services or personal dental services...
35.A person providing, in Scotland, piloted services within the meaning...
36.The Post Qualification Education Board for Health Service Pharmacists in...
38.The Scottish Advisory Committee on the Medical Workforce.
40.The Scottish Council for Post Graduate Medical and Dental Education....
59.The Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland....
60.The Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland....
61.The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh....
62ZZA.The Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland....
62ZA.The Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland
66A.Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prosecution in Scotland
67B.An integration joint board established by order under section 9(2)...
69.... A Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee established under...
73.A National Park authority, established by virtue of schedule 1...
75.A person appointed for Scotland under section 3(1) of the...
76A.A School Closure Review Panel constituted under section 17A(3) of...
79A.The Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, but only in...
85A.The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council.
The Scottish Information Commissioner
Consequential Amendments To Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002
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