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(1)The Parliamentary corporation must designate [F1the Commissioner] or a member of the [F2Commissioner’s] staff as the accountable officer for the purposes of this section.
(2)The functions of the accountable officer are—
(a)signing the accounts of the expenditure and receipts of the [F3Commissioner],
(b)ensuring the propriety and regularity of the finances of the [F3Commissioner],
(c)ensuring that the resources of the [F3Commissioner] are used economically, efficiently and effectively, and
(d)the duty in subsection (3).
(3)Where the accountable officer[F4is not the Commissioner and] is required to act in some way but considers that to do so would be inconsistent with the proper performance of a function set out in subsection (2)(a) to (c), the accountable officer must—
(a)obtain written authority from the [F5Commissioner] before taking the action, and
(b)as soon as possible, send a copy of the authority to the Auditor General for Scotland.
(4)The accountable officer is answerable to the Parliament for the performance of the functions in subsection (2).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 19(1) 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. 1 para. 21(a)(i)
F2Word in s. 19(1) 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. 1 para. 21(a)(ii)
F3Word in s. 19(2) 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. 1 para. 21(b)
F4Words in s. 19(3) inserted (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. 1 para. 21(c)(i)
F5Word in s. 19(3)(a) 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. 1 para. 21(c)(ii)
(1)The [F6Commissioner] must, before the start of each financial year, prepare proposals for [F7the Commissioner’s] use of resources and expenditure during the year (a “budget”) and, by such date as the Parliamentary corporation determines, send the budget to the Parliamentary corporation for approval.
(2)The [F8Commissioner] may, in the course of a financial year, prepare a revised budget for the remainder of the year and send it to the Parliamentary corporation for approval.
(3)In preparing a budget or a revised budget, the [F9Commissioner] must ensure that the resources of the [F9Commissioner] will be used economically, efficiently and effectively.
(4)A budget or revised budget must contain a statement that the [F10Commissioner] has complied with the duty under subsection (3).
Textual Amendments
F6Word in s. 20(1) 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. 1 para. 22(a)(i)
F7Words in s. 20(1) 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. 1 para. 22(a)(ii)
F8Word in s. 20(2) 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. 1 para. 22(b)
F9Word in s. 20(3) 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. 1 para. 22(b)
F10Word in s. 20(4) 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. 1 para. 22(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 20(1) applied (with modifications) (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. 4 para. 4
(1)The Parliamentary corporation is to—
(a)pay the remuneration and allowances of [F11the] Commissioner,
(b)pay any expenses properly incurred by the [F12Commissioner] in the performance of [F13the Commissioner’s] functions, so far as not met out of sums received and applied by [F14the Commissioner] under section 12(5),
(c)indemnify the F15... Commissioner in respect of any liabilities incurred by [F16the] Commissioner in the performance of [F17the] Commissioner's functions.
(2)Subsection (1)(b) does not require the Parliamentary corporation to pay any expenses incurred by the [F18Commissioner] which exceed or are otherwise not covered by a budget or, as the case may be, a revised budget approved under section 20.
(3)However, the Parliamentary corporation may pay those expenses.
Textual Amendments
F11Word in s. 21(1)(a) 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. 1 para. 23(a)
F12Word in s. 21(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. 1 para. 23(b)(i)
F13Words in s. 21(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. 1 para. 23(b)(ii)
F14Words in s. 21(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. 1 para. 23(b)(iii)
F15Words in s. 21(1)(c) omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 23(c)(i)
F16Word in s. 21(1)(c) 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. 1 para. 23(c)(ii)
F17Word in s. 21(1)(c) 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. 1 para. 23(c)(iii)
F18Word in s. 21(2) 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. 1 para. 23(d)
(1)The [F19Commissioner] must, in accordance with any directions in that regard given by the Scottish Ministers—
(a)keep proper accounts and accounting records,
(b)prepare annual accounts in respect of each financial year, and
(c)send a copy of the annual accounts to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing.
(2)If requested by any person, the [F19Commissioner] must make the audited accounts available, at any reasonable time, without charge and in printed or electronic form, so that they may be inspected by that person.
Textual Amendments
F19Word in s. 22 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. 1 para. 24
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