The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 1988

Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 585

PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER

The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 1988

Made

23rd March 1988

Laid before Parliament

31st March 1988

Coming into force

21st April 1988

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of March 1988

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 4(2) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Commissioner Order 1988 and shall come into force on 21st April 1988.

2.  Schedule 2(2) to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 shall be amended by the insertion in the appropriate place of the entry“Scottish Legal Aid Board”.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds the Scottish Legal Aid Board to the list of government departments, corporations and unincorporated bodies which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration. The Board was established by the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 47).

(1)

1967 c. 13; section 4 was substituted by the Parliamentary and Health Service Commissioners Act 1987 (c. 39), section 1(1).

(2)

Schedule 2 was substituted by the Parliamentary and Health Service Commissioners Act 1987, section 1(2).