SCHEDULE 3Amendments of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)
Finance
18
In paragraph 13(b) (Parliamentary corporation to pay Ombudsman's expenses)—
a
before “incurred” there is inserted “
properly
”
, and
b
at the end there is inserted “
so far as those expenses are not met out of sums received and applied by the Ombudsman under paragraph 12C(2)
”
.
19
Paragraph 13 (as amended by paragraph 18 above) is renumbered as sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 13 and after it there is inserted—
2
Sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not require the Parliamentary corporation to pay any expenses which exceed or are otherwise not covered by a budget or, as the case may be, a revised budget approved under paragraph 12D.
3
However, the Parliamentary corporation may pay those expenses.
4
The Parliamentary corporation is to indemnify the Ombudsman in respect of any liabilities incurred in the exercise of the functions of the Ombudsman.