(1)For sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 of schedule 4 to the [1975 c. 30.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975, there shall be substituted the following words—
“(1)The designated body shall pay to, or in respect of—
(a)the Commissioner, or any person holding an appointment under paragraph 4 of this Schedule, such amounts—
(i)by way of remuneration or allowances ; or
(ii)towards the provision of pensions, allowances or gratuities;
(b)any person who has held the office of Commissioner, or an appointment under the said paragraph 4, such amounts by way of pensions, allowances or gratuities,
as the Secretary of State may determine; but any such amount which the Secretary of State determines to be payable to, or in respect of, the Commissioner or any person who has held the office of Commissioner shall be subject to the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service.”.
(2)A determination to which this subsection applies and any approval of, or payment in accordance with, that determination shall be deemed to have been validly made or given under the said sub-paragraph if it would have been validly so made or given had that sub-paragraph originally been enacted in the words substituted for that sub-paragraph by subsection (1) above.
(3)Subsection (2) above applies to any determination which—
(a)was made on or after 16th May 1975 but before the coming into force of this Act; and
(b)purported to be, but was not validly, made under the said sub-paragraph.