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    Commentary on Sections

    Part 2 – the Scottish Land Commission

    Chapter 1 – the Commission
    Establishment
    Section 5 – Status

    13.This section provides that the Commission is not a servant or agent of the Crown, that it does not enjoy any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown, and that its property neither belongs to the Crown nor is held on behalf of the Crown. Subsection (4) sets out that its members and staff are not servants or agents of the Crown, that they have no status, immunity of privilege of the Crown and that the staff of the Commission are not to be regarded as civil servants.

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