Commentary on Sections and Schedules Part 1: the Statistics Board Section 48 Power to authorise disclosure to the Board: Scotland
207.This section provides Scottish Ministers with the power to make regulations to authorise Scottish public authorities to disclose information to the Board, in the same way, and essentially via the same mechanism, as the Minister for the Cabinet Office can make regulations to authorise disclosure to the Board in section 47. Under section 48 regulations must be made by the Scottish Ministers with the consent of the Minister for the Cabinet Office. The definition of a Scottish public authority (as set out in section 67) is that given in the Scotland Act 1998 and means any public body (except the Parliamentary corporation), public office or holder of such an office whose functions are exercisable only in or as regards Scotland.