Introduction
1.These Explanatory Notes are published in order to assist the reader of the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Act. They have been prepared by the Scottish Parliament’s Non-Government Bills Unit on behalf of the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee, whose convener, Gordon Lindhurst MSP, introduced the Bill for this Act in the Parliament. They do not form part of the Act and have not been endorsed by the Parliament.
2.The Notes should be read in conjunction with the Act. They are not, and are not meant to be, a comprehensive description of the Act. So where a section, or a part of a section, does not seem to require any explanation, none is given.