Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000

Subsequent appointments etc. S

[F1 5A (1) A person who has ceased to be a member may not, without the approval of the Parliamentary corporation—

(a) be employed or appointed in any other capacity by the Commission;

(b) [F2 be, or be an employee or appointee of, the Commissioner] or be, or be an employee or appointee of, the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman;

(c) hold any other office, employment or appointment or engage in any other occupation, being an office, employment, appointment or occupation which, by virtue of paragraph 5(9)(a), that person could not have held or, as the case may be, engaged in when a member.

(2) The restriction in sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) starts when the person ceases to be a member; and

(b) ends on the expiry of the financial year following the one in which it started.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 5A inserted (1.4.2011) by Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), ss. 29(2), 31(5), sch. 2 para. 9 (with s. 31(6), sch. 7)

F2 Words in sch. 1 para. 5A(1)(b) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, sch. 2 para. 8(a) (with sch. 4 para. 3)