After section 2 insert—

“2AAuthority to be treated as cross-border public authority etc. for certain purposes

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.”