Amendment of the Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006

2.  For paragraph 10(2) of the schedule to the Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006(1) substitute—

(2) Immediately after any such resolution is passed, the Clerk shall send a copy of it to the Queen’s Printer for Scotland (“the Queen’s Printer”).

(3) Section 41(2) to (5) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) and the Scottish Statutory Instruments Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/        ) apply to the resolution—

(a)as if it were a Scottish statutory instrument,

(b)as if the copy of it sent to the Queen’s Printer under sub-paragraph (2) was a certified copy received in accordance with section 41(1) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, and

(c)with the modifications set out in sub-paragraphs (4) and (5).

(4) References to “responsible authority” are to be read as references to the Clerk.

(5) Regulation 7(2) and (3) of the Scottish Statutory Instruments Regulations 2011 does not apply..