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Establishment of Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.

3.—(1) For section 1 (establishment, members and functions of the Commission for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland) of the Act substitute—

1    The Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland

(1) There is to be a Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland (the “Commissioner”).

(2) The Commissioner is to be an individual appointed by the Parliamentary corporation with the agreement of the Parliament.

(3) The functions of the Commissioner are those conferred on the Commissioner by the following enactments—

(a)the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 7),

(b)the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002 (asp 16), and

(c)the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4)..

(2) The modifications to the Act in Schedule 1 have effect.