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.