{"slug":"uk-scottish-ai-register","id":"AIPT-POL-0198","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0198","title":"Scottish AI Register","short_title":"Scottish AI Register","jurisdiction":"uk-scotland","instrument_type":"policy","status":"adopted","is_binding":false,"ai_specific":true,"issuing_body":"Scottish Government","summary_plain":"A public register of AI systems in use or in development in the Scottish public sector. The government announced in March 2024 that registration would become mandatory, starting with its own departments, but a 2025 freedom-of-information response describes the register as voluntary with an expectation that public bodies use it.","adopted_on":null,"in_force_on":null,"applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://www.gov.scot/news/increasing-ai-transparency/","last_verified_at":null,"reviewed_by":null,"content_version":1,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","updated_at":"2026-10-15T06:46:24+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/uk-scottish-ai-register","status_note":"Recorded on 15 October 2026 from search-engine extracts of the official pages listed; the official text could not be opened from the research environment, so every date and duty here is pending review against it.","scope_summary":"AI systems used or developed by Scottish public bodies.","who_it_applies_to":"Scottish public sector bodies.","key_dates_summary":"Launched March 2023; mandatory registration announced 28 March 2024.","penalties_summary":null,"what_organizations_must_do":null,"published_on":null,"date_notes":"Recorded as voluntary: the 2024 announcement and a 13 August 2025 FOI response differ on whether registration is mandatory.","taxonomy":{"actor":["public_authority"],"ai_system_type":["automated_decision_system"],"sector":["public_services"],"risk_category":["transparency_risk"],"use_case":["public_services"]},"sections":[],"obligations":[],"applicability_rules":[],"deadlines":[],"versions":[],"enforcement_events":[],"procurement_rules":[],"sources":[{"title":"Increasing AI transparency","publisher":"Scottish Government","url":"https://www.gov.scot/news/increasing-ai-transparency/","document_date":"2024-03-28","document_type":"press_release","tier":1,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"},{"title":"Scottish AI Register","publisher":"Scottish AI Alliance","url":"https://scottishairegister.com/","document_date":null,"document_type":"official","tier":2,"tier_label":"Official consultation, guidance, enforcement, procurement or agency source"}],"related_policies":["uk-scotland-ai-strategy-2026-2031"],"related_frameworks":[],"faq":[],"source":{"official_source_url":"https://www.gov.scot/news/increasing-ai-transparency/","source_title":"Increasing AI transparency","source_publisher":"Scottish Government","source_document_date":"2024-03-28","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-10-15","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the October 2026 sub-national research round. Recorded on 15 October 2026 from search-engine extracts of the official pages listed; the official text could not be opened from the research environment, so every date and duty here is pending review against it.","reviewed_by":null},"second_review":null}