Scottish Government

ANNEX A: RESPONDING TO THIS CONSULTATION DOCUMENT

Please send your response with the completed Respondent Information Form at Annex E to:

familylaw@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or

By 9 December 2011

If you have any queries contact Sandra Jack on 0131 244 2025

We would be grateful if you could clearly indicate in your response which questions or parts of the paper you are responding to.

Handling your response and next steps

We need to know how you wish your response to be handled and, in particular, whether you are happy for your response to be made public. Please complete and return the Respondent Information Form at Annex E. This will ensure that we treat your response appropriately. If you ask for your response not to be published we will regard it as confidential, and we will treat it accordingly.

The Scottish Government are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and would therefore have to consider any request made to it under the Act for information relating to responses made to this consultation exercise.

Where respondents have given permission for their response to be made public and after we have checked that they contain no potentially defamatory material, responses will be made available to the public.

After the closing date, all responses will be analysed and considered along with any other available evidence.

Comments and complaints

If you have any comments about how this consultation exercise has been conducted, please send them to Sandra Jack: sandra.jack@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or on 0131 244 2025.