1. This Order may be cited as the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Scottish Fiscal Commission as Specified Authority) Order 2016 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2. The Scottish Fiscal Commission(1) is to be treated, for the purposes of or in connection with any appointment to that body, as if it were a specified authority within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (the Commissioner’s functions).
DEREK MACKAY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
16th November 2016