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(introduced by section 2(1))
Commencement Information
I1Sch. in force at 24.2.2012 by S.S.I. 2012/21, art. 2 (as amended (23.2.2012) by S.S.I. 2012/42, art. 2)
Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Scottish Ministers
Lord Advocate
Accountant in Bankruptcy
Chief Dental Officer of the Scottish Administration
Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Administration
[F1Consumer Scotland ]
Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland
[F2Environmental Standards Scotland]
[F3Food Standards Scotland]
[F4 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary (appointed under section 71 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8))]
[F5Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Her Majesty's Inspectors of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Assistant Inspectors of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service appointed under section 43A of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5)]
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
Her Majesty's Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland
Her Majesty's inspectors of schools (that is to say, the inspectors of schools appointed by Her Majesty on the recommendation of the Scottish Ministers under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44))
Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Keeper of the Registers of Scotland
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Procurators fiscal
Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer
Queen's Printer for Scotland
Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland
[F6Revenue Scotland]
[F7Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service]
[F8Scottish Fiscal Commission]
Scottish Housing Regulator
Textual Amendments
F1Words in sch. inserted (1.4.2022) by Consumer Scotland Act 2020 (asp 11), s. 29(2), sch. 2 para. 6; S.S.I. 2021/464, reg. 2
F2Words in sch. inserted (1.10.2021) by UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 4), s. 51(2), sch. 1 para. 15(5) (with s. 48(2)); S.S.I. 2021/304, reg. 2(b)
F3Words in sch. inserted (1.4.2015) by Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1), ss. 17(6), 63(2) (with s. 62); S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2
F4Words in sch. substituted (17.9.2015) by The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/335), art. 2(c)(i)
F5Words in sch. substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 7 para. 73; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F6Words in sch. inserted (1.1.2015) by Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014 (asp 16), s. 260(2), Sch. 4 para. 8 (with ss. 257-259); S.S.I. 2014/370, art. 2, Sch.
F7Words in sch. substituted (17.9.2015) by The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/335), art. 2(c)(ii)
F8Words in sch. inserted (1.4.2017) by Scottish Fiscal Commission Act 2016 (asp 17), ss. 29(5), 31(2); S.S.I. 2016/326, reg. 2(2)
Accounts Commission for Scotland
F9...
Architecture and Design Scotland
Audit Scotland
Auditor General for Scotland
Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland
Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland
Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Bòrd na Gàidhlig
[F10Boundaries Scotland]
[F11British Waterways Board.]
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (registered number SC001854)
[F12Chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland]
Children's Hearings Scotland
F13...
[F14Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland]
Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland
Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
[F15Community Justice Scotland]
Court of the Lord Lyon
Court of Session
Creative Scotland
[F16Criminal Courts Rules Council]
Crofting Commission
David MacBrayne Ltd (registered number SC015304)
[F19First-tier Tribunal for Scotland]
General Teaching Council for Scotland
Health Boards (constituted under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29))
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prosecution in Scotland
High Court of Justiciary
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (registered number SC097647)
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
[F20ILF Scotland]
[F21Historic Environment Scotland]
[F22Independent prison monitors appointed under section 7B(2)(a) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989]
[F23Integration joint boards established under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014]
Joint boards (established under section 62A(1) or 62B(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65))
F24...
Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland
Justice of the peace courts
Justices of the peace advisory committees
Lands Tribunal for Scotland
F13...
Licensing Boards (continued in existence or established under section 5 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 16))
Local authorities
F25...
Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland
National Convener of Children's Hearings Scotland
National Park authorities (established by virtue of designation orders under section 6 of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 10))
[F16Panel appointed under regulation 90C of the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012]
Parole Board for Scotland
F24...
[F26Police Investigations and Review Commissioner]
Principal Reporter
[F27Prison monitoring co-ordinators appointed under section 7A(2) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989]
F28...
F29...
F30...
Public Transport Users' Committee for Scotland
Quality Meat Scotland
Risk Management Authority
F31...
Safeguarders Panel
Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards
Scottish Agricultural Wages Board
[F32Scottish Biometrics Commissioner]
F33...
Scottish Children's Reporter Administration
[F16Scottish Civil Justice Council]
Scottish Commission for Human Rights
Scottish Commission for Public Audit
F13...
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
[F16Scottish Fire and Rescue Service]
[F34The Scottish Food Commission]
Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
Scottish Futures Trust Ltd (registered number SC348382)
Scottish Health Council
Scottish Information Commissioner
Scottish Land Court
Scottish Law Commission
Scottish Legal Aid Board
Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee
Scottish Natural Heritage
[F35Scottish Police Authority]
F24...
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
[F36Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator]
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Scottish Road Works Commissioner
[F16Scottish Sentencing Council]
Scottish Social Services Council
Scottish Sports Council
Scottish Water
Sheriff courts
[F37Sheriff Appeal Court]
Skills Development Scotland Co. Ltd (registered number SC202659)
Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland
[F38South of Scotland Enterprise]
Special Health Boards (constituted under section 2(1)(b) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29))
Standards Commission for Scotland
Transport Partnerships
[F16TS Prestwick Holdco Ltd (registered number SC462050)]
[F39National Library of Scotland]
[F19Upper Tribunal for Scotland]
F40...
VisitScotland
Water Industry Commission for Scotland
Textual Amendments
F9Words in sch. repealed (12.1.2018) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/4), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 6(2)
F10Words in sch. inserted (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 8(a); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch.
F11Words in sch. inserted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 27 (with arts. 4-6)
F12Words in sch. substituted (17.9.2015) by The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/335), art. 2(c)(iii)
F13Words in sch. removed (17.9.2015) by The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/335), art. 2(b)
F14Words in sch. substituted (1.7.2013) by The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 18(a)
F15Words in sch. inserted (1.4.2017) by Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 10), s. 41(2), sch. 1 para. 14(6); S.S.I. 2017/33, reg. 2(3)
F16Words in sch. added (17.9.2015) by The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/335), art. 2(a)
F17Words in sch. inserted (16.2.2017) by The Crown Estate Scotland (Interim Management) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/36), arts. 1(1), 21(7)
F18Words in sch. substituted (1.4.2020) by Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019 (asp 1), s. 46(2), sch. 1 para. 7; S.S.I. 2020/77, reg. 2(1), sch. 1
F19Words in sch. added (12.1.2018) by The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorities) Amendment Order 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/5), art. 1, para. 2
F20Words in sch. inserted (28.6.2018) by The ILF Scotland (Miscellaneous Listings) Order 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/214), arts. 1, 5(2)
F21Words in sch. inserted (27.2.2015) by Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 (asp 19), s. 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(a) (with ss. 29, 30); S.S.I. 2015/31, art. 2, Sch.
F22Words in sch. inserted (31.08.2015) by The Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I 2015/39), Sch. para. 8(a)
F23Words in sch. inserted (1.4.2015) by The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications and Saving) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/157), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 11
F24Words in sch. repealed (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 8 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F25Words in sch. repealed (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 8(b); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch.
F26Words in sch. substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 7 para. 45; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F27Words in sch. inserted (31.08.2015) by The Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I 2015/39), Sch. para. 8(b)
F28Words in sch. repealed (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Panel) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/338), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 4(2) (with sch. 1 para. 5)
F29Words in sch. omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 18(b)
F30Words in sch. omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 18(c)
F31Words in sch. repealed (1.10.2015) by Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 (asp 19), s. 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(b) (with ss. 29, 30); S.S.I. 2015/196, art. 2, Sch.
F32Words in sch. inserted (1.12.2020) by Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020 (asp 8), s. 40(2), sch. 2 para. 4; S.S.I. 2020/250, reg. 2
F33Words in sch. repealed (12.1.2018) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Scottish Charity Appeals Panel) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/1), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 4(2)
F34Words in sch. inserted (15.2.2024) by Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 5), s. 28(2), sch. para. 21(5); S.S.I. 2024/29, reg. 2(1)(2), sch. 1
F35Words in sch. inserted (8.8.2012) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 18
F36Words in sch. inserted (7.10.2024) by The Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator (Miscellaneous Listings) Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/190), arts. 1, 4
F37Words in sch. inserted (28.11.2016) by The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Relevant Officer and Consequential Provisions) Order 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/387), art. 1, sch. 3 para. 6 (with art. 4(2))
F38Words in sch. inserted (16.10.2019) by South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019 (asp 9), s. 24(2), sch. 2 para. 7; S.S.I. 2019/308, reg. 2
F39Words in sch. substituted (1.2.2013) by National Library of Scotland Act 2012 (asp 3), s. 12(3), Sch. 2 para. 10; S.S.I. 2013/1, art. 2
F40Words in sch. omitted (31.08.2015) by The Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I 2015/39), Sch. para. 8(c)
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