Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/11/section/7
Timestamp: 2020-06-02 09:24:29
Document Index: 513926880

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 4', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 5', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

30/06/2006- Amendment
06/07/2006- Amendment
31/08/2016- Amendment
08/01/2020- Amendment
30/01/2020- Amendment
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002, Section 7 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 02 June 2020. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
sch. 2 para. 36A inserted by 2020 asp 8 sch. 2 para. 1
7 Matters which may be investigated: restrictionsS
(1)The Ombudsman is not entitled to question the merits of a decision taken without maladministration by or on behalf of a listed authority in the exercise of a discretion vested in that authority.
[F1(2)Subsection (1)—
(a)does not apply in the case of an investigation into a matter mentioned in section 6A(1), and
(b)in the case of any other investigation in relation to a health service body, a family health service provider or an independent provider, does not preclude the Ombudsman from questioning the merits of any decision taken by or on behalf of the body or provider to the extent that it was taken in consequence of the exercise of clinical judgement.]
[F2(2A)Subsection (1) does not apply to the merits of a decision taken by or on behalf of a listed authority to the extent that the decision was taken in exercise of a function conferred by or under Part 4 or 5 of the 2014 Act.
(2B)The Ombudsman is not entitled to investigate action taken in the exercise of a function conferred by or under Part 4 or 5 of the 2014 Act if the exercise of the function was not a matter which could have been the subject of a complaint under an order under section 30 or 43 of that Act in force at the time of the action.]
[F3(2C)Subsection (1) does not apply to the merits of a decision taken by or on behalf of a person mentioned in subsection (2D) in pursuance of a social work function to the extent that the decision was taken in consequence of the exercise of the professional judgment of the social worker or other person discharging the function.
(2D)The persons are—
(b)the holder of an office established by or under any enactment to which appointments are made by a local authority.
(2E)In subsection (2C), “social work function” means a function conferred by or under—
(a)the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968,
(b)an enactment mentioned in section 5(1B) of that Act, or
(c)an enactment listed in the schedule to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014.]
(4)For the purposes of subsection (3), functions conferred on the Scottish Ministers include functions exercised by them on behalf of a Minister of the Crown or government department by virtue of section 93 (agency arrangements) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).
F4(6A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F5(6B)The Ombudsman must not investigate action taken by or on behalf of the Statistics Board in the exercise of any of its functions unless the function is being exercised only in relation to Scottish devolved statistics (within the meaning of section 66 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007).]
[F6(6C)The Ombudsman must not investigate action taken by or on behalf of the Committee on Climate Change in the exercise in or as regards Scotland of any function to the extent that the function is not exercisable within devolved competence (within the meaning of section 54 of the Scotland Act 1998).]
[F7(6D)The Ombudsman must not investigate action taken by or on behalf of the Electoral Commission unless the action taken concerned local government elections in Scotland [F8or the exercise of the Commission’s functions under the Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020].]
F1S. 7(2) substituted (8.1.2020) by The Public Services Reform (The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman) (Healthcare Whistleblowing) Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/5), arts. 2, 3(3)
F2S. 7(2A)(2B) inserted (31.8.2016) by The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Part 4 and Part 5 Complaints) Order 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/152), arts. 1(1), 9(2)
F3S. 7(2C)-(2E) inserted (1.4.2017) by The Public Services Reform (Social Work Complaints Procedure) (Scotland) Order 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/157), arts. 1, 3
F4S. 7(6A) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 7 para. 14; S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F5S. 7(6B) inserted (1.4.2008) by Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18), ss. 63(5), 74(1); S.I. 2008/839, art. 2
F6S. 7(6C) inserted (26.11.2008) by Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27), s. 100(1), Sch. 1 para. 34(2)
F7S. 7(6D) inserted (29.6.2011) by Local Electoral Administration (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 10), ss. 18(a), 21(1); S.S.I. 2011/277, art. 2(b)
F8Words in s. 7(6D) inserted (30.1.2020) by Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 2), ss. 32, 41
C1S. 7(5) modified by 2001 c. 12, s. 2A(e) (as inserted (30.6.2006 for S. and 6.7.2006 for E.W.) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(6)(b), Sch. 15 para. 3; S.S.I. 2006/381, art. 2(a)(i)(b)(i))
C2S. 7(6D) restricted (18.12.2013) by Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013 (asp 14), ss. 30, 36