Scottish Statutory Instruments
Public Bodies
Made
20th August 2014
Coming into force
21st August 2014
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(3) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 18(4)(2) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of the Convener of the School Closure Review Panels as Specified Authority) Order 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2. The Convener of the School Closure Review Panels is to be treated, for the purposes of or in connection with any appointment to that office, as if it were a specified authority within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (the Commissioner’s functions).
MICHAEL RUSSELL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
20th August 2014
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides that the Convener of the School Closure Review Panels is, for the purposes of or in connection with appointments to that office, to be treated as if it were a specified authority listed in schedule 2 to the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003.
Section 18(4) was modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).