Scottish Statutory Instruments
Consumer Protection
Made
12th March 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.
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.
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.
TOM ARTHUR
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House
Edinburgh
12th March 2024
Regulation 2
The Scottish Ministers
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
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
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
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
Parole Board for Scotland
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited
Crown Estate Scotland
Glasgow Prestwick Airport Limited
Scottish Water
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
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
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
(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.