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Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (other Scottish public authorities liable to investigation), after paragraph 54 insert—</Text><BlockAmendment Context="schedule" Format="double" TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown"><P1><Pnumber>54ZA</Pnumber><P1para><Text>The Victims and Witnesses Commissioner for Scotland.</Text></P1para></P1></BlockAmendment><AppendText>.</AppendText></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group Match="false" Status="Prospective" RestrictExtent="S"><Title>Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/12/schedule/2/paragraph/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/12/schedule/2/paragraph/2" id="schedule-2-paragraph-2"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-a341fe8b77cf40f1ec36f6bf8d85a8c8"/>2</Pnumber><P1para><Text>In Part 7 of schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish public authorities to which the Act applies), after paragraph 105, insert—</Text><BlockAmendment 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Scotland”.</Text></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group Match="false" Status="Prospective" RestrictExtent="S"><Title>Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/12/schedule/2/paragraph/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/12/schedule/2/paragraph/4" id="schedule-2-paragraph-4"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-83fc1b57135c1edfe73d1fd7e8108c3f"/>4</Pnumber><P1para><Text>In the schedule of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (other authorities to which Part 1 applies), before the entry relating to VisitScotland, insert—</Text><BlockAmendment Context="schedule" Format="double" TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown"><UnorderedList Decoration="none"><ListItem><Para><Text>Victims and Witnesses Commissioner for Scotland</Text></Para></ListItem></UnorderedList></BlockAmendment><AppendText>.</AppendText></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group Match="false" Status="Prospective" RestrictExtent="S"><Title>Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/12/schedule/2/paragraph/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/12/schedule/2/paragraph/5" id="schedule-2-paragraph-5"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-6c3c8c9ec728455c4cbec5b7d741d5e4"/>5</Pnumber><P1para><Text>In Part 3 of the schedule of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (other contracting authorities to which the Act applies), after paragraph 67 insert—</Text><BlockAmendment Context="schedule" Format="double" TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown"><P1><Pnumber>67A</Pnumber><P1para><Text>Victims and Witnesses Commissioner for Scotland</Text></P1para></P1></BlockAmendment><AppendText>.</AppendText></P1para></P1></P1group></ScheduleBody></Schedule></Schedules></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary Type="I" id="key-20277281b8d996122161c8ecc0504a20"><Para><Text>Sch. 2 para. 1  not in force at Royal Assent, see <CitationSubRef id="nb22adbe1d098ea0e" SectionRef="section-116-2" 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