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Part 1S[F1THE COMMISSIONER FOR ETHICAL STANDARDS IN PUBLIC LIFE IN SCOTLAND]

FinanceS

20BudgetS

(1)The [F2Commissioner] must, before the start of each financial year, prepare proposals for [F3the 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 [F4Commissioner] 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 [F5Commissioner] must ensure that the resources of the [F5Commissioner] will be used economically, efficiently and effectively.

(4)A budget or revised budget must contain a statement that the [F6Commissioner] has complied with the duty under subsection (3).