3. For section 3(4) of the Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009(1) substitute—
“(4) The Clerk of the Parliament must send a copy of a resolution to the Queen’s Printer for Scotland (“the Queen’s Printer”) immediately after it is passed.
(5) Section 41(2) to (5) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) and the Scottish Statutory Instruments Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/195) apply to the resolution—
(a)as if it were a Scottish statutory instrument,
(b)as if the copy of it sent to the Queen’s Printer under subsection (4) was a certified copy received in accordance with section 41(1) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, and
(c)with the modifications set out in subsections (6) and (7).
(6) References to “responsible authority” are to be read as references to the Clerk of the Parliament.
(7) Regulation 7(2) and (3) of the Scottish Statutory Instruments Regulations 2011 does not apply.”.