3E+W+SAfter section 2 insert—
For the purposes of—
(a)section 5(5B) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (restriction on investigatory powers of Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration);
(b)section 23(2)(b) of the Scotland Act 1998 (power of Scottish Parliament to require persons outside Scotland to give evidence or produce documents);
(c)section 70(6) of that Act of 1998 (accounts prepared by cross-border authorities);
(d)section 91(3)(d) of that Act of 1998 (provision for investigation of certain complaints); and
(e)section 7(5) of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (restriction on investigatory powers of ombudsman),
the Authority is to be treated as a cross-border public authority within the meaning of that Act of 1998.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 15 para. 3 in force at 30.6.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/381, art. 2(a)(i)
I2Sch. 15 para. 3 in force at 6.7.2006 for E.W. by S.S.I. 2006/381, art. 2(b)(i)