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Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 2(8) of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2012 No.

Registers And Records

The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 Amendment Order 2012

Made

      2012

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

      2012

Coming into force

1st January 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011(1).

In accordance with section 2(8) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 Amendment Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st January 2013.

Amendment to the schedule

2.—(1) The schedule to the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011(2) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) Omit—

(a)the entry “Safeguarders panel”; and

(b)the entry starting “Visiting committees”.

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the schedule to the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011. The schedule lists the authorities to which Part 1 of that Act applies.

Article 2 omits two entries in the schedule as a result of changes to the legislation under which those bodies were established.

(2)

There are amendments to the schedule which are not relevant to this Order.