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Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020

Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002

75.Paragraph 1 of schedule 2 adds the Commissioner to the list of authorities in schedule 2 of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”). The effect is to:

  • make the Commissioner open to investigation by the ombudsman (see section 5 of the 2002 Act),

  • oblige the Commissioner to have a complaints handling procedure that complies with the statement of principles published by the ombudsman under section 16A of the 2002 Act,

  • permit the Commissioner to be made subject to the further requirement to have a complaints handling procedure that complies with a model complaints handling procedure prepared by the ombudsman, per sections 16B and 16C of the 2002 Act.

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