Part 4The Public Appointments Act
15Section 1 and schedule 1 (establishment, appointment etc. of Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland) are repealed.
16In section 2(1) (that Commissioner’s duty to prepare code of practice) for “Commissioner” there is substituted “Public Appointments Commissioner for Scotland (the “Commissioner”)”.
17In section 20 (interpretation) for the definition of “the Commissioner” there is substituted—
““the Commissioner” means the Public Appointments Commissioner for Scotland;”.
18Paragraph 16(b) of schedule 4 (Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland to be subject to investigation by Ombudsman) and the word “and” immediately before it are repealed.
19Paragraph 17(c)(i) of that schedule (Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland to be subject to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002) and the words “and (ii)” immediately following it are repealed.