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(1) This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Designation of Persons as Scottish Public Authorities) Order 2016.
(2) This Order comes into force on 1st September 2016.
(3) In this Order, “the 2002 Act” means the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
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(1) The persons described in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 to this Order are designated under section 5(2)(a) of the 2002 Act as a Scottish public authority in relation to the functions specified in column 2 of that table.
(2) The persons described in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to this Order who provide services under a contract to a Scottish public authority are designated under section 5(2)(b) of the 2002 Act as a Scottish public authority in relation to the services specified in column 2 of that table.
JOE FITZPATRICK
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
2nd March 2016
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2(1)


Column 1 Column 2
Description of persons Functions
Grant-aided schools. the running of a grant-aided school as defined in section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.
Independent special schools listed in the Register of Independent Schools as set out in section 98 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 and which fall within paragraph (a) of the definition of “special school” in section 29(1) of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 the running of a special school as defined in section 29(1) of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004.
Scottish Health Innovations Limited (registered number SC 236303). promoting research and development within the National Health Service in Scotland.
Persons providing a “secure accommodation service” as defined in paragraph 6 of schedule 12 to the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010. the provision of a secure accommodation service.
SCHEDULE 2
Article 2(2)


Column 1 Column 2
Description of persons Services
A person— In relation to persons specified under (a) of Column 1—

(a) providing services under a contract with the Scottish Ministers for the running of a prison or part of a prison in Scotland; or
(b) providing services under a subcontract to a contract of the type specified in (a) above. the provision or running of a prison or a part of a prison in Scotland under section 106(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
In relation to persons specified under (b) of Column 1—
the running of a prison or a part of a prison in Scotland under section 106(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.