Commentary on Sections and Schedules Part 1: the Statistics Board Section 52 Power to authorise disclosure by the Board: Scotland
223.This section provides Scottish Ministers with the power to make regulations to authorise the Board to disclose information to Scottish public authorities, in the same way, and essentially via the same mechanism, as the Minister for the Cabinet Office can make regulations to authorise the Board to disclose information in section 51. 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.