http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/4/schedule/1/paragraph/12/2003-06-01Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the office of Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland; to make provision in respect of appointments to certain public bodies; to dissolve certain public bodies; to make provision as to certain functions of Health Boards and National Health Service trusts; to make provision as to the functions of the Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal regarding the regulation of conveyancing and executry practitioners and the provision of services by such practitioners; to make modifications in relation to those services, including conferring certain notarial and other functions on such practitioners; to establish the Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-23Expert Participation2003-06-01 SCHEDULE 1The Commissioner121The Parliamentary corporation is to designate the Commissioner or a member of the Commissioner’s staff as the accountable officer for the purposes of this paragraph.2The functions of the accountable officer are—athose specified in sub-paragraph (3); andbwhere the accountable officer is not the Commissioner, the duty set out in sub-paragraph (4),and the accountable officer is answerable to the Parliament for the exercise of those functions.3The functions referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(a) are—asigning the accounts of the expenditure and receipts of the Commissioner;bensuring the propriety and regularity of the finances of the Commissioner; andcensuring that the resources of the Commissioner are used economically, efficiently and effectively.4The duty referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b) is a duty, where the accountable officer is required to act in some way but considers that to do so would be inconsistent with the proper performance of the functions specified in sub-paragraph (3), to—aobtain written authority from the Commissioner before taking the action; andbsend a copy of that authority as soon as practicable to the Auditor General for Scotland.
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