The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 Amendment Order 2025

Made: 6th May 2025

Coming into force: 7th May 2025

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 6th day of May 2025Present,The King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Accordingly, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order as follows.

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 Amendment Order 2025 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it was made.

Amendment of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002

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• (1) Part 2 of schedule 2 (listed authorities: entries amendable by Order in Council) of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

• (2) After paragraph 32AA[^f00003] (the Principal Reporter) insert—

(32AAA) Quality Meat Scotland[^f00004].

• (3) After paragraph 48 (Scottish Natural Heritage) insert—

(48A) The Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator[^f00005].

• (4) The following provisions are repealed—

• (a) paragraph 58 (British Potato Council),

• (b) paragraph 72 (Home-Grown Cereals Authority),

• (c) paragraph 73 (Horticultural Development Council),

• (d) paragraph 77 (Meat and Livestock Commission), and

• (e) paragraph 78[^f00006] (Milk Development Council).

Signed

Richard Tilbrook — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends Part 2 of schedule 2 of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002. Schedule 2 of that Act specifies the persons liable to investigation by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman. The Order adds Quality Meat Scotland and the Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator to the list of persons specified for this purpose. The Order also removes five bodies, which no longer exist, from the schedule.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2002 asp 11.

[^f00002]: Section 24(2) was amended by section 27(2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 6).

[^f00003]: Paragraph 32AA was inserted by article 2(c) of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 Amendment Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/43). Paragraph 32AB was inserted by section 109(2) of the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 15).

[^f00004]: Quality Meat Scotland is established by article 3 of the Quality Meat Scotland Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/77).

[^f00005]: The Office of the Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator is established by section 2 of the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 17).

[^f00006]: Paragraph 79 was omitted by paragraph 16 of schedule 1 of S.I. 2014/631.