The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013

Transfer of functions to Commissioner

4.—(1) There are transferred to the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland—

(a) the functions of the Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland under—

(i) the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000; and

(ii) the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002; and

(b) the functions of the Public Appointments Commissioner for Scotland under the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003.

(2) Accordingly—

(a) the Commission for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland is dissolved; and

(b) the following offices are abolished—

(i) the Public Appointments Commissioner for Scotland; and

(ii) the Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland; and

(c) the modifications to enactments in Schedule 2 have effect.