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

Part 1 The Commission for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland: the Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland and the Public Appointments Commissioner for Scotland

General functions, procedures etc. of Commission

16 Delegation

(1) Any function of the Commission may be performed on its behalf by any person (whether or not a Commissioner or a member of its staff) authorised by it to do so, and to the extent so authorised.

(2) Subsection (1) does not affect the Commission’s responsibility for the performance of its functions.

(3) Any function of a Commissioner may be performed on the Commissioner’s behalf by any person (whether or not the other Commissioner or a member of the Commission’s staff) authorised by the Commissioner to do so, and to the extent so authorised.

(4) Subsection (3) does not affect the responsibility of either of the Commissioners for the performance of that Commissioner’s functions.