The Consumer Scotland Act 2020 (Relevant Public Authorities) Regulations 2024

These draft Regulations supersede the draft of the same title which was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 9 January 2024 and published on 9 January 2024 (ISBN-978-0-11-105885-5). It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those draft Regulations.

Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 26(2)(b) of the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2024 No.

Consumer Protection

The Consumer Scotland Act 2020 (Relevant Public Authorities) Regulations 2024

Made

2024

Coming into force

1st April 2024

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 21(2) of the Consumer Scotland Act 2020(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 21(4) and (5) of the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 they have consulted such persons as they consider appropriate, including the persons specified in the schedule of these Regulations.

In accordance with section 26(2)(b) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 (Relevant Public Authorities) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 1 April 2024.

Specification of public authorities who have a duty to have regard to consumer interests

2.—(1) The persons specified in the schedule are relevant public authorities for the purposes of section 21(2) of the Consumer Scotland Act 2020.

(2) The persons specified in the schedule are specified in relation to the exercise of all of their functions.

Name

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House

Edinburgh

Date

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

Ministers

• The Scottish Ministers

Executive Agencies

• Accountant in Bankruptcy

• Disclosure Scotland

• Education Scotland

• Forestry and Land Scotland

• Scottish Forestry

• Scottish Prison Service

• Scottish Public Pensions Agency

• Social Security Scotland

• Student Awards Agency Scotland

• Transport Scotland

Local Authorities

• Aberdeen City Council

• Aberdeenshire Council

• Angus Council

• Argyll and Bute Council

• City of Edinburgh Council

• Clackmannanshire Council

• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

• Dumfries and Galloway Council

• Dundee City Council

• East Ayrshire Council

• East Dunbartonshire Council

• East Lothian Council

• East Renfrewshire Council

• Falkirk Council

• Fife Council

• Glasgow City Council

• Highland Council

• Inverclyde Council

• Midlothian Council

• Moray Council

• North Ayrshire Council

• North Lanarkshire Council

• Orkney Islands Council

• Perth and Kinross Council

• Renfrewshire Council

• Scottish Borders Council

• Shetland Islands Council

• South Ayrshire Council

• South Lanarkshire Council

• Stirling Council

• West Dunbartonshire Council

• West Lothian Council

Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies

• Accounts Commission for Scotland

• Architecture and Design Scotland

• Bòrd na Gàidhlig

• Cairngorms National Park Authority

• Care Inspectorate

• Children’s Hearings Scotland

• Community Justice Scotland

• Creative Scotland

• Crofting Commission

• David MacBrayne Limited

• Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Holdings Limited

• Highlands and Islands Airports Limited

• Highlands and Islands Enterprise

• Historic Environment Scotland

• Independent Living Fund Scotland

• Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority

• National Galleries of Scotland

• National Library of Scotland

• National Museums of Scotland

• Quality Meat Scotland

• Risk Management Authority

• Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

• Scottish Agricultural Wages Board

• Scottish Canals

• Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

• Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

• Scottish Enterprise

• Scottish Environment Protection Agency

• Scottish Funding Council

• Scottish Futures Trust Limited

• Scottish Land Commission

• Scottish Legal Aid Board

• Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

• Scottish National Heritage (NatureScot)

• Scottish National Investment Bank p.l.c.

• Scottish Qualifications Authority

• Scottish Rail Holdings Limited

• Scottish Social Services Council

• Scottish Sports Council (sportscotland)

• South of Scotland Enterprise Agency

• The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited

• VisitScotland

• Water Industry Commission for Scotland

• Zero Waste Scotland

Advisory Non-departmental Public Bodies

• Boundaries Scotland

• Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland

• Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland

• Poverty and Inequality Commission

• Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards

• Scottish Commission on Social Security

• Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel

• Scottish Law Commission

Tribunals

• Parole Board for Scotland

Public Corporations

• Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited

• Crown Estate Scotland

• Glasgow Prestwick Airport Limited

• Scottish Water

Health Bodies

• NHS Ayrshire and Arran

• NHS Borders

• NHS Dumfries and Galloway

• NHS Fife

• NHS Forth Valley

• NHS Grampian

• NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

• NHS Highland

• NHS Lanarkshire

• NHS Lothian

• NHS Orkney

• NHS Shetland

• NHS Tayside

• NHS Western Isles

• Healthcare Improvement Scotland

• Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

• National Waiting Times Centre Board

• NHS Education for Scotland

• NHS National Services Scotland

• NHS24

• Public Health Scotland

• Scottish Ambulance Service Board

• State Hospitals Board for Scotland

Integration Authorities

• Aberdeen City Integration Joint Board

• Aberdeenshire Integration Joint Board

• Angus Integration Joint Board

• Argyll and Bute Integration Joint Board

• Clackmannanshire and Stirling Integration Joint Board

• Dumfries and Galloway Integration Joint Board

• Dundee City Integration Joint Board

• East Ayrshire Integration Joint Board

• East Dunbartonshire Integration Joint Board

• East Lothian Integration Joint Board

• East Renfrewshire Integration Joint Board

• Edinburgh City Integration Joint Board

• Falkirk Integration Joint Board

• Fife Integration Joint Board

• Glasgow City Integration Joint Board

• Inverclyde Integration Joint Board

• Midlothian Integration Joint Board

• Moray Integration Joint Board

• North Ayrshire Integration Joint Board

• North Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board

• Orkney Islands Integration Joint Board

• Perth and Kinross Integration Joint Board

• Renfrewshire Integration Joint Board

• Scottish Borders Integration Joint Board

• Shetland Islands Integration Joint Board

• South Ayrshire Integration Joint Board

• South Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board

• West Dunbartonshire Integration Joint Board

• West Lothian Integration Joint Board

• Western Isles Integration Joint Board

Non-Ministerial Offices

• Consumer Scotland

• Environmental Standards Scotland

• Food Standards Scotland

• National Records of Scotland

• Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

• Registers of Scotland

• Revenue Scotland

• Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service

• Scottish Fiscal Commission

• Scottish Housing Regulator

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations specify the public authorities that are relevant public authorities for the purposes of section 21 of the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 and therefore subject to the duty to have regard to consumer interests when making decisions of a strategic nature about how to exercise their functions. The public authorities specified are listed in the schedule of the Regulations.

Section 21(3) of the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 allows the Scottish Ministers to specify a public authority in relation to the exercise of all of its functions, or certain functions only. By virtue of regulation 2(2) of the Regulations the public authorities listed in the schedule are specified in relation to all of their functions.

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