Consumer Scotland Act 2020
Consumer Scotland Act 2020 (2020 asp 11)
- Consumer Scotland Act 2020 (2020 asp 11)
- PART 1 Consumer Scotland
- Establishment
- 1 Consumer Scotland
- Functions
- 2 The general function of providing consumer advocacy and advice
- 3 The representative function
- 4 The research and investigation function
- 5 The information function
- 6 The recall of goods function
- 7 General provision about functions
- 8 Exercise of functions
- Information-gathering
- 9 Requirement to provide information to Consumer Scotland
- 10 Failure by a designated regulator to comply with a section 9 notice
- 11 Enforcement by a designated regulator of a section 9 notice
- 12 Enforcement by the court of a section 9 notice
- 13 Exemptions from requirement to provide information
- Accountability
- 14 Forward work programmes
- 15 Reports on investigations
- 16 Annual report
- 17 Consumer welfare report
- Finance
- 18 Grants and loans by Consumer Scotland
- Review of performance and modification of functions
- 19 Review of Consumer Scotland's performance
- 20 Power to modify Consumer Scotland's functions
- PART 2 Consumer interests
- 21 Duty to have regard to consumer interests
- 22 Guidance about section 21 duty
- 23 Reporting on section 21 duty
- PART 3 Interpretation and final provisions
- 24 Meaning of “consumer”
- 25 Interpretation
- 26 Regulations
- 27 Ancillary provision
- 28 Amendment of public bodies legislation
- 29 Commencement
- 30 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 Consumer Scotland
- Status
- Membership
- Persons who may not be members
- Early termination of membership
- Members' remuneration, allowances and pensions
- Chief executive and other staff
- Pensions of chief executive and other staff
- Committees
- Authority to perform functions
- Regulation of procedure
- Validity of things done
- General powers
- Location of office
- SCHEDULE 2 Application of public bodies legislation
- Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000
- Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002
- Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
- Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003
- Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010
- Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011
- Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014
- Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018
- Islands (Scotland) Act 2018
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