Supplementary

Interpretation
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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—
  1. a Scottish Law Officer even where that officer is not a member of the Parliament; and
  2. 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.