This Order makes amendments to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”), the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”), the Equality Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”), the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”) and the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”).

Article 2 adds ILF Scotland to Part 7 of schedule 1 of the 2002 Act, which lists “Scottish public authorities” as referred to in section 3(1)(a)(i) of that Act.

Article 3 adds ILF Scotland to schedule 2 of the 2003 Act, which lists “specified authorities” for the purposes of that Act.

Article 4 adds ILF Scotland to Part 3 of schedule 19 of the 2010 Act, which lists Scottish public authorities required to comply with the public sector equality duty.

Article 5 adds ILF Scotland to the schedule of the 2011 Act, which lists the authorities to which Part 1 of that Act (records management plans) applies.

Article 6 adds ILF Scotland to each of schedules 1, 3 and 4 of the 2014 Act. These schedules list: authorities to which section 2 of the 2014 Act applies (duties of public authorities in relation to the UNCRC), listed authorities for the purposes of Part 5 of the 2014 Act (Child’s Plan), and corporate parents respectively.