http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/35Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the disclosure of information held by Scottish public authorities or by persons providing services for them; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-02-26Expert Participation2024-02-15 Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002sch. 1 para. 74APatient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Act 2023sch. 2 para. 2(2)s. 24(2) Part 2 351Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice substantially—athe prevention or detection of crime;bthe apprehension or prosecution of offenders;cthe administration of justice;dthe assessment or collection of any tax or duty (or of any imposition of a similar nature);ethe operation of the immigration controls;fthe maintenance of security and good order in prisons or in other institutions where persons are lawfully detained;gthe exercise by any public authority (within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c.36)) or Scottish public authority of its functions for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (2);hany civil proceedings—ibrought; andiiarising out of an investigation conducted, for any such purpose,by or on behalf of any such authority, by virtue either of Her Majesty’s prerogative or of powers conferred by or under any enactment.2The purposes are—ato ascertain whether a person has failed to comply with the law;bto ascertain whether a person is responsible for conduct which is improper;cto ascertain whether circumstances which would justify regulatory action in pursuance of any enactment exist or may arise;dto ascertain a person’s fitness or competence in relation to—ithe management of bodies corporate; oriiany profession or other activity which the person is, or seeks to become, authorised to carry on;eto ascertain the cause of an accident;fto protect a charity against misconduct or mismanagement (whether by trustees or other persons) in its administration;gto protect the property of a charity from loss or mismanagement;hto recover the property of a charity;ito secure the health, safety and welfare of persons at work; andjto protect persons, other than persons at work, against risk to health or safety where that risk arises out of, or in connection with, the actions of persons at work.