Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002

20 Interpretation

In this Act—

• “acting Commissioner” shall be construed in accordance with section 2(1);

• “admissible complaint” shall be construed in accordance with section 6(2) and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• “Code of Conduct” means the Code of Conduct for members of the Parliament made under the standing orders;

• “Commissioner” shall be construed in accordance with section 1(1);

• “conduct” includes any act or failure to act and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• “excluded complaint” shall be construed in accordance with section 3(2);

• “first test”, “second test” and “third test” shall be construed in accordance with section 6(3);

• “member of the Parliament” includes—

  (a)

  a Scottish Law Officer even where that officer is not a member of the Parliament; and

  (b)

  except for the purposes of section 1(3), a former member of the Parliament and a former Scottish Law Officer;

• “the Parliament” includes any committee of the Parliament;

• “Parliamentary corporation” means the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body;

• “relevant provision” shall be construed in accordance with section 3(3);

• “relevant time” shall be construed in accordance with section 3(4):

• “Scotland Act” means the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46);

• “Scottish Law Officer” means the Lord Advocate or the Solicitor General for Scotland;

• “specified requirement” shall be construed in accordance with section 6(5);

• “Stage 1” and “Stage 2” shall be construed in accordance with section 5(1);

• “stage of an investigation” shall be construed in accordance with section 5(1); and

• “standing orders” means the standing orders of the Parliament.