Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11)

SCHEDULE 1 Consequential amendments of enactments referred to in section 2(5)

Part 1 The Ethical Standards Act

1 For section 9 (appointment and functions of Chief Investigating Officer) there is substituted—

“9 Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland to investigate breaches of codes

It is the duty of the Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland (the “Commissioner”) to investigate and report to the Commission on cases in which a councillor or member of a devolved public body has, might have or is alleged to have contravened the councillors' or, as the case may be, the members' code.”