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== Wholly owned companies - Scotland ==
== Wholly owned companies - Scotland ==


* Companies that are wholly owned by the Scottish Ministers (ie the Scottish Government) are subject to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 by Section 6[http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&Year=2002&number=13&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=599972&ActiveTextDocId=599982&filesize=2647]:
* Companies that are wholly owned by the Scottish Ministers (ie the Scottish Government) or other Scottish public authorities are subject to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 by virtue of Section 6[http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&Year=2002&number=13&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=599972&ActiveTextDocId=599982&filesize=2647]:
   
   
* 6 Publicly-owned companies
* 6 Publicly-owned companies
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:(3) In subsections (1) and (2), “company” includes any body corporate
:(3) In subsections (1) and (2), “company” includes any body corporate


* Links are provided to the authorities on WhatDoTheyKnow where available
* Links are provided to the authorities on WhatDoTheyKnow.com where available
 
== Companies owned by the Scottish Ministers ==


*The Scottish Government is responsible for the following Public Corporations:
*The Scottish Government is responsible for the following Public Corporations:
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:*{{WDTK|Scottish Futures Trust|scottish_futures_trust}}
:*{{WDTK|Scottish Futures Trust|scottish_futures_trust}}
:*{{WDTK|Scottish Water|scottish_water}}
:*{{WDTK|Scottish Water|scottish_water}}
== Companies owned by other Scottish public authorities ==


* Other wholly-owned companies will be listed here:
* Other wholly-owned companies will be listed here:
:* TBC
:* National Museums Scotland Enterprises Limited - owned by National Museums Scotland

Revision as of 20:20, 8 March 2009

Wholly owned companies - Scotland

  • Companies that are wholly owned by the Scottish Ministers (ie the Scottish Government) or other Scottish public authorities are subject to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 by virtue of Section 6[1]:
  • 6 Publicly-owned companies
(1) A company is a “publicly-owned company” for the purposes of section 3(1)(b) if it is wholly owned—
(a) by the Scottish Ministers; or
(b) by any other Scottish public authority listed in schedule 1, other than an authority so listed only in relation to information of a specified description.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a company is wholly owned—
(a) by the Scottish Ministers if it has no members except—
(i) the Scottish Ministers or companies wholly owned by the Scottish Ministers; or
(ii) persons acting on behalf of the Scottish Ministers or of such companies; and
(b) by any other Scottish public authority if it has no members except—
(i) the authority or companies wholly owned by the authority; or
(ii) persons acting on behalf of the authority or of such companies.
(3) In subsections (1) and (2), “company” includes any body corporate
  • Links are provided to the authorities on WhatDoTheyKnow.com where available

Companies owned by the Scottish Ministers

  • The Scottish Government is responsible for the following Public Corporations:

Companies owned by other Scottish public authorities

  • Other wholly-owned companies will be listed here:
  • National Museums Scotland Enterprises Limited - owned by National Museums Scotland
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