Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11)

SCHEDULE 4 S Amendments of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13)

Expenses S

3 S In subsection (11)(b) of section 42 (payment of Commissioner's expenses)—

(a) before “incurred” there is inserted “ properly ”, and

(b) after “Act” there is inserted “ so far as those expenses are not met out of sums received and applied by that officer under section 43(6) ”.

4 S After subsection (11) of that section there is inserted—

“(11A) Subsection (11)(b) does not require the Parliamentary corporation to pay any expenses incurred by the Commissioner which exceed or are otherwise not covered by a budget or, as the case may be, revised budget approved under paragraph 4A of schedule 2.

(11B) However, the Parliamentary corporation may pay those expenses.

(11C) The Parliamentary corporation is to indemnify the Commissioner in respect of any liabilities incurred by the Commissioner in the exercise of the Commissioner's functions under this Act.”