18Advisers, assessors and other servicesS
(1)The [F1Commissioner may obtain] advice, assistance or any other service from any person who, in the opinion of the [F2Commissioner], is qualified to give it.
(2)The [F3Commissioner] may pay to that person such fees and allowances as [F4the Commissioner] determines.
(3)Any payment under subsection (2) is subject to the approval of the Parliamentary corporation.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 18(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. 20(a)(i)
F2Word in s. 18(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. 20(a)(ii)
F3Word in s. 18(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. 20(b)(i)
F4Words in s. 18(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. 20(b)(ii)