The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (Devolved Public Bodies) Order 2003

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 119

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ETHICAL STANDARDS

The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (Devolved Public Bodies) Order 2003

Made

26th February 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

28th February2003

Coming into force

1st May 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 28(2) of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000(1), and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (Devolved Public Bodies) Order 2003, and shall come into force on 1st May 2003.

Devolved public bodies

2.—(1) The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000(2) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2).

(2) In schedule 3–

(a) omit–

(i) “The Clinical Standards Board for Scotland”;

(ii) “The Health Technology Board for Scotland”; and

(iii) “The Scottish Council for Post Graduate Medical and Dental Education”; and

(b) insert at the appropriate place–

(i) “NHS Education for Scotland”; and

(ii) “NHS Quality Improvement Scotland”.

PETER J PEACOCK

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

26th February 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order modifies schedule 3 to the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000, which lists those bodies that are a “devolved public body” for the purpose of that Act.

Article 2 of this Order omits from that schedule devolved public bodies that have been abolished, and inserts new bodies that have been established.

(1)

2000 asp 7.

(2)

2000 asp 7; Schedule 3 is prospectively amended by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10), schedule 10, paragraph 29.