Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11)

SCHEDULE 3 Amendments of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)

Matters excluded from investigation

21 In schedule 4—

(a) paragraph 2 (exclusion of civil, criminal and international proceedings from investigation) is renumbered as sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph and after it there is inserted—

“(2) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to civil proceedings includes a reference to inquiries under the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 14).”, and

(b) in paragraph 7(1) (exclusion of certain contractual and commercial transactions) for “relating to” there is substituted “arising from concluded”.