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(1)The person who was, immediately before the commencement date, the chairing member of the non-statutory Commission is, on that date, taken to have been appointed under section 15(1)(a) as the member to chair the Commission.
(2)Any person who was, immediately before the commencement date, a member (other than the chairing member) of the non-statutory Commission is, on that date, taken to have been appointed under section 15(1)(b) as a member of the Commission.
(3)A person to whom subsection (1) or (2) applies is referred to in this section as an “initial member”.
(4)An initial member's period of appointment as a member—
(a)is to continue to be the same as that for which the member had been appointed as a member of the non-statutory Commission, and
(b)accordingly expires at the time at which the period of appointment as a member of the non-statutory Commission would have expired.
(5)Except as may be agreed between the Scottish Ministers and an initial member, the other terms of the member's appointment are to continue to be the same as the terms on which the member had been appointed as a member of the non-statutory Commission, so far as consistent with this Act.
(6)In this section—
“commencement date” means the day on which section 1 comes into force,
“the non-statutory Commission” means the body known as the Scottish Fiscal Commission established by the Scottish Government following the Scottish Parliament's resolution of 24 June 2014 endorsing its establishment and supporting the appointment of the persons nominated to be members.
Commencement Information
I1S. 28 in force at 1.4.2017 by S.S.I. 2016/326, reg. 2(2)
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