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1(1)Neither the Commissioner nor any member of the Commissioner’s staff is to be regarded as a servant or agent of the Crown or as having any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown.S
(2)The Commissioner’s property is not to be regarded as property of, or property held on behalf of, the Crown.
[F1(3)The Commissioner is, as such, to be regarded as a juristic person distinct from the natural person holding the office.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 1(3) inserted (1.4.2011) by Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), s. 31(5), sch. 5 para. 6 (with s. 31(6), sch. 7)