16Creation, appointment, status and funding of Scottish Road Works CommissionerS
(1)There is, by this Act, created an office, the holder of which is to be known as the Scottish Road Works Commissioner (in this Part, “the Commissioner”).
(2)The Commissioner shall be appointed, on such terms and conditions as they determine, by the Scottish Ministers.
(3)Those terms and conditions may include arrangements relating to the payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities to, or in respect of, persons who have ceased to hold office as the Commissioner.
(4)The Commissioner is not a servant or agent of the Crown and has no status, immunity or privilege of the Crown.
[F1(4A)The Commissioner is, as such, to be regarded as a juristic person distinct from the individual for the time being holding the office.]
(5)The Scottish Ministers may make grants to the Commissioner in respect of the Commissioner's expenses.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 16(4A) inserted (14.1.2021) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), ss. 109(2), 130(2) (with s. 126); S.S.I. 2020/429, reg. 2(f)
Commencement Information
I1S. 16 in force at 10.10.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/454, art. 2, Sch. 2