Supplementary
20 Interpretation
In this Act—
“acting Commissioner” shall be construed in accordance with section 2(1);
“admissible complaint” shall be construed in accordance with section 6(2) and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“Code of Conduct” means the Code of Conduct for members of the Parliament made under the standing orders;
“Commissioner” shall be construed in accordance with section 1(1);
“conduct” includes any act or failure to act and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“excluded complaint” shall be construed in accordance with section 3(2);
“first test”, “second test” and “third test” shall be construed in accordance with section 6(3);
“member of the Parliament” includes—
(a)
a Scottish Law Officer even where that officer is not a member of the Parliament; and
(b)
except for the purposes of section 1(3), a former member of the Parliament and a former Scottish Law Officer;
“the Parliament” includes any committee of the Parliament;
“Parliamentary corporation” means the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body;
“relevant provision” shall be construed in accordance with section 3(3);
“relevant time” shall be construed in accordance with section 3(4):
“Scotland Act” means the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46);
“Scottish Law Officer” means the Lord Advocate or the Solicitor General for Scotland;
“specified requirement” shall be construed in accordance with section 6(5);
“Stage 1” and “Stage 2” shall be construed in accordance with section 5(1);
“stage of an investigation” shall be construed in accordance with section 5(1); and
“standing orders” means the standing orders of the Parliament.