Commencement2.
The day appointed for the coming into force of–
(a)
sections 4(e) and 11 to 14;
(b)
section 17, in so far as it relates to the provisions in schedule 4 specified in paragraph (d);
(c)
the definitions of “the 1980 Act” and “the 1990 Act” in section 20; and
(d)
paragraphs 1, 3(b), 4(e), 7, 9, 12, 15(b) and 17(b)(iii) of schedule 4,
of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 is 15th August 2003.