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

SCHEDULE 2 Amendments of the Ethical Standards Act

Procedure for appointments and orders conferring functions

1 In section 8 (establishment, functions and membership of the Standards Commission for Scotland)—

(a) in subsection (3) (appointment of members) for the passage from “Ministers”, where first occurring, to the end there is substituted “the Parliamentary corporation—

(a) after consulting such association of councils and such other persons as the Parliamentary corporation thinks appropriate; and

(b) with the agreement of the Parliament.”,

(b) after subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(4A) Ministers shall consult the Parliamentary corporation and the Commission before making an order under subsection (2)(b).”,

(c) for subsection (6) (order conferring functions to be subject to negative procedure) there is substituted—

“(6) No statutory instrument may be made under this section unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by the Parliament.”