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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 184

Public Bodies

The Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of South of Scotland Enterprise as Specified Authority) Order 2019

Made

23rd May 2019

Coming into force

24th May 2019

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) of that Act(2), a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of South of Scotland Enterprise as Specified Authority) Order 2019 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Treatment of South of Scotland Enterprise as Specified Authority

2.  South of Scotland Enterprise is to be treated, for the purposes of or in connection with any appointment to that body, as if it were one of the specified authorities within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (the Commissioner’s functions).

  FERGUS EWING

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

23rd May 2019

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that South of Scotland Enterprise, for the purpose of or in connection with appointments to that body, is to be treated as if it were a specified authority listed in schedule 2 of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003.

(2)

Section 18(4) was modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).