Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11)

SCHEDULE 1 Consequential amendments of enactments referred to in section 2(5)

Part 3 The Parliamentary Standards Act

11 Sections 1 and 2 and schedule 1 (appointment, terms of office etc. of Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner and acting Commissioner) are repealed.

12 In section 3(1) (functions of Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner) for “Commissioner”, where it first occurs, there is substituted “Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland (the “Commissioner”)”.

13 In section 16 (restriction on disclosure of information)—

(a) in subsection (1) for “Commissioner”, where it secondly occurs, there is substituted “Commission for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland (the “Commission”)”, and

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) after “Commissioner”, where it first occurs, there is inserted “or Commission”, and

(ii) after “Commissioner”, where it secondly occurs, there is inserted “or, as the case may be, Commission”.

14 In section 20 (interpretation)—

(a) the definition of “acting Commissioner” is repealed, and

(b) for the definition of “Commissioner” there is substituted—

““Commissioner” means the Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland;”.