Publication Scheme Models
Model Publication Schemes approved by the Scottish Information Commissioner.
N.B. The model schemes listed below were approved by the Commissioner during the 2004 approval process. This page will be updated with revised model schemes as these are approved by the Commissioner. For further information on the Commissioner's 2008-2012 approval process, consult our Guidance on publication schemes for Scottish public authorities.
Section 24 of the Act allows the Commissioner to prepare and/or approve model publication schemes in respect of public authorities falling within particular classes. Model publication schemes are designed to be used by public authorities carrying out similar activities.
Model publication schemes approved by the Commissioner are listed below, along with contact details for each scheme.
More information on adopting or submitting a model publication scheme can be found in the Commissioner's Publication Scheme Guidance.
Publicly Owned Companies
Active and dormant companies
Publicly owned companies (i.e. companies that are wholly owned by one or more Scottish public authority, as defined in the Act) must comply with the Act which comes fully into force on 1 January 2005 . These companies must submit a publication scheme to the Scottish Information Commissioner for approval. In order to assist public authorities the Commissioner has prepared model schemes for both active and dormant publicly owned companies. These schemes were prepared in association with Universities Scotland and can be downloaded here:
Model Publication Scheme for Publicly Owned Companies (Active) (word document - 173 KB)
Model Publication Scheme for Publicly Owned Companies (Dormant) (word document - 142 KB)
The deadlines for the submission etc of publication schemes are as follows:
Schemes can be submitted from: 1 June 2004
Final date for submission of schemes: 31 August 2004
Scheme to be approved and in effect by: 30 November 2004.
Public authorities do not have to adopt the scheme prepared by the Commissioner. They may instead choose to submit their own bespoke scheme. They can base this on the scheme prepared by the Commissioner if they wish. Public bodies may also decide to produce their own model schemes for adoption by their own organisation and other similar organisations. However, model schemes must be submitted for approval to the Commissioner by 20 July 2004.
Current status of Model Publication Schemes submitted:
Assessors
status: approved
Contact: Mr William Sommerville, Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer,
Ayrshire Joint Valuation Board, 9 Wellington Square, Ayr, KA7 1HL. Tel: 01292 612538. e-mail: william.sommerville@south-ayrshire.gov.uk
Chief Constable of a Police Force in Scotland
status: approved
Contact: Director of Corporate Services, Grampian Police, Queen Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1ZA. Tel: 01224 386058
Community Pharmacists
status: approved
Prepared by the Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council
Contact:
Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council
42 Queen Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3NH
Tel: 0131 467 7766
Fax: 0131 467 7767
E-mail: enquiries@spgc.org.uk
View model scheme (79 KB)
Fire Boards
status: approved
Produced by Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association (CACFOA) (Scotland). Contact: Mr Jack Hutcheon, Deputy Firemaster, Tayside Fire Brigade Headquarters, Blackness Road, Dundee, DD1 5PA. Tel : 01382 322222
e-mail : Jack.Hutcheon@tayside.gov.uk
General Dental Practitioners
status: approved
Contact: Professional Services, British Dental Association, Tel: 0207 563 4155.
General Practitioners
status: approved
Contact: Ms Carrie Young, Secretary, Scottish General Practitioners Committee, BMA Scotland, 14 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1LL. Tel: 0131 247 3000. Fax: 0131 247 3001. e-mail: info.edinburgh@bma.org.uk
Prepared by the Scottish General Practitioners Committee. A pro-forma version of the Model Publication Scheme which can be completed by general practitioners wishing to adopt this scheme is available from the BMA website at the following link. The BMA website also contains guidance on completing the scheme.
www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/ModelPubSchemeSc
Health Boards and Special Health Boards
Status: approved
Prepared by Scottish Executive Department of Health
Contact:
Andy Smith
Planning and Development Manager
The Scottish Executive Health Department
St Andrew’s House
Regent Road
Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Tel: 0131 244 6918
E-Mail: Andrew.Smith2@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Health Councils and Scottish Association of Health Councils
status: approved
Prepared by the Scottish Association for Health Councils
Contact:
The Scottish Association for Health Councils
8th Floor, Delta House
50 West Nile Street
Glasgow
G1 2NP
Tel: 0141 225 6880
E-Mail: enquiry.sahc@nhshealthquality.org
Justice of the Peace Advisory Committees (JPACs)
status: approved
Contact: Diane Campbell, Head of Legal & Administration Services, East Dunbartonshire Council, Tom Johnston House, Civic Way, Kirkintilloch, G66 4TJ. Tel: 0141 578 8000 e-mail : Diane.Campbell@eastdunbarton.gov.uk
Local Enterprise Companies (owned by Highlands & Islands Enterprise)
status: approved
Contact: Liz Taylor, Information Compliance Project Manager, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Cowan House, Inverness Retail & Business Park, Inverness, IV2 7GF. Tel: 01463 244211
E-mail: liz.taylor@hient.co.uk
Optometrists
status: approved
Contact: Sheila Briggs, Secretary Optometry Scotland, 1010-1016 Shettleston Road, Glasgow, G32 7PR. Tel: 0141 956 2041.
E-mail: optometryscotland@yahoo.co.uk
Prepared by Optometry Scotland.
Further guidance on completing the scheme can be found here:
Scottish Further Education Institutions
status: approved
Contact: Neil Cuthbert, Policy Adviser, Association of Scottish Colleges, Argyll Court, The Castle Business Park, Stirling, FK9 4TY. Tel: 01786 892104.
e-mail: neil.cuthbert@ascol.org.uk
Scottish Higher Education Institutions
status: approved
Contact: Margaret MacLeod, Policy Officer, Universities Scotland, 53 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PJ. Tel: 0131 226 1111.
e-mail: margaret@universities-scotland.ac.uk
Social Inclusion Partnerships
status: approved
Prepared by Communities Scotland.
Contact: Mr Brian Nisbet. Tel: 0131 479 5121.
e-mail: brian.nisbet@communitiesscotland.gsi.gov.uk
Valuation Joint Boards
status: approved
Contact: Mr William Sommerville, Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer,
Ayrshire Joint Valuation Board, 9 Wellington Square, Ayr, KA7 1HL. Tel: 01292 612538. e-mail: william.sommerville@south-ayrshire.gov.uk