FOI: use of the section 5 power: 2017 report

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA) can be extended to bodies that carry out functions of a public nature or which provide, under a contract with a Scottish public authority, a service which is a function of that authority.

This can be done by making an order under section 5 of FOISA, which designates those bodies as a Scottish public authority for the purposes of the legislation.

Scottish Ministers are required to lay a report before the Scottish Parliament every two years about the exercise of the section 5 order-making power.