Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010

Part 3 General

30 Interpretation

In this Act, “Ethical Standards Act”, “Parliamentary Standards Act” and “Public Appointments Act” have the meanings given by section 2(4).

31 Short title, commencement, transfers and transitionals

(1) This Act may be cited as the Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010.

(2) Section 30 and subsections (1) to (5) of this section come into force on Royal Assent.

(3) Paragraph 14 of schedule 2, to the extent that it inserts paragraph 10C (budget) into schedule 1 to the Ethical Standards Act, comes into force on 1 August 2010.

(4) Paragraph 20 of schedule 3 comes into force on 1 October 2010.

(5) The rest of this Act comes into force on 1 April 2011.

(6) The provisions relating to the transfer of staff, property and liabilities and transitional and saving provisions set out in schedule 7 have effect.