http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/37Freedom 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 371Information is exempt information if it is contained in—aa document—ilodged with, or otherwise placed in the custody of, a court for the purposes of proceedings in a cause or matter;iiserved on, or by, a Scottish public authority for the purposes of such proceedings; oriiicreated by a court or a member of its administrative staff for the purposes of, or in the course of, such proceedings; orba document—ilodged with, or otherwise placed in the custody of, a person conducting an inquiry or arbitration, for the purposes of that inquiry or arbitration; oriicreated by such a person for such purposes,and a Scottish public authority holds the information solely because it is contained in such a document.2In this section—“court” includes a tribunal or body exercising the judicial power of the State; and“inquiry” means an inquiry or hearing held under a provision contained in, or made under, an enactment.3This section does not apply to information held by a Scottish public authority for the purposes of an inquiry instituted under the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016.S. 37(1)(b) excluded (7.6.2005) by Inquiries Act 2005 (c. 12), ss. 18(4), 51 (with ss. 44, 50); S.I. 2005/1432, art. 2Words in s. 37(3) substituted (15.6.2017) by Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 2), s. 42(2), sch. 2 para. 10(3); S.S.I. 2017/155, reg. 2 (with regs. 4(2), 5)