2014 No. 1892
Constitutional Law
Devolution, Scotland
Employment

The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2014

Made
Laid before Parliament
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of July 2014

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by sections 93(3) and 113(3) of the Scotland Act 19981, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2014 and shall come into force on 3rd November 2014.

(2)

This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Specification of functions2.

(1)

The functions of the Secretary of State under the following provisions are specified for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998—

(a)

section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 19732, in so far as those functions may be exercised by the Secretary of State to make arrangements for the delivery of services providing for—

(i)

occupational health assessments in relation to persons resident in Scotland who are absent from employment, or at risk of being absent from employment, due to sickness;

(ii)

advice to persons in connection with those assessments;

(iii)

occupational health and related advice;

(b)

section 3 of the Social Security Act 19983, in so far as those functions may be exercised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of, or for any purposes connected with, those services.

(2)

In this article “employment” has the same meaning as in section 13 of the Employment and Training Act 19734.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies, for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998, functions of the Secretary of State. Section 93(1) allows a Minister of the Crown to make arrangements for any of the specified functions to be exercised on behalf of the Minister of the Crown by the Scottish Ministers.

The functions of the Secretary of State which are specified in this Order are certain of the functions under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 (assisting persons to obtain and retain employment) and under section 3 of the Social Security Act 1998 (use of information).

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as it has no impact on business or civil society organisations.