Following the Scotland Act and the establishment of both the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government this power was exercised by the Scottish Ministers.
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The OSCR, as a non-ministerial department, is directly answerable to the Scottish Parliament and not to Ministers or the Scottish Government.
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