Explanatory Notes

Food (Scotland) Act 2015

2015 asp 1

13 January 2015

The Act

Part 1: Food Standards Scotland

Section 4: Governance and accountability

9.This provision requires FSS to work in a proportionate, transparent and accountable manner. This is consistent with its other general duties of sustainable growth, efficiency, effectiveness and economy from the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010(1).

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Section 32 of the PSR Act 2010, Public functions: duty to provide information on exercise of functions