SCHEDULE 5Amendments of the Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 17)

Status and independence

6

At the end of paragraph 1 (legal status of Commissioner) there is inserted—

“(3)

The Commissioner is, as such, to be regarded as a juristic person distinct from the natural person holding the office.”

7

In paragraph 2(2) (respects in which the Commissioner is subject to direction or control) for the passage from “and 3(1)(b)” to “7” there is substituted “ , 3(1)(b) and 10(4) and paragraphs 4, 6(2A) and (3), 6A, 7, 7A, 7B(3), 9A ”.