First appointment to the office of Commissioner
1.—(1) The person who, immediately before this Order comes into force, holds office as the Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland is, by operation of this sub-paragraph (and not section 1(2) of the Act) appointed as the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland on the coming into force of this Order.
(2) An appointment under sub-paragraph (1) is for a period equal to that for which the person was appointed as the Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland reduced by the time for which the person held that office.