The Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator (Duty to Publish Certain Information) Regulations 2024

Made: 25th June 2024

Coming into force: 7th October 2024

In accordance with section 24(3)(a) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

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These regulations may be cited as the Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator (Duty to Publish Certain Information) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 7 October 2024.

Amendment of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010

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In schedule 8 (information on exercise of public functions: listed public bodies) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010[^f00002], after the entry relating to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, insert “Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator”.

Signed

TOM ARTHUR — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 25th June 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations make provision consequential on, and ancillary to, the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Act 2021, to add the Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator to the public bodies listed in schedule 8 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010. This makes the Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator subject to duties under Part 3 of that Act to publish information about certain types of expenditure, the exercise of functions and the use of special advisers.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment, Equality Impact Assessment, Data Protection Impact Assessment, and Fairer Scotland Duty Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies can be obtained from the Scottish Government, B1 Spur, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh EH11 3XD.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2021 asp 17.

[^f00002]: 2010 asp 8.