Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010
Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (2010 asp 11)
- Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (2010 asp 11)
- Part 1 THE COMMISSIONER FOR ETHICAL STANDARDS IN PUBLIC LIFE IN SCOTLAND
- The Commissioner
- 1 The Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
- 2 Functions of the Commissioners
- 3 Status of Commissioner and Commissioner’s staff
- 4 Independence of Commissioner
- 5 Protection from actions for defamation
- 6 Designation of Chief Commissioner
- 7 Appointment of acting Commissioner
- Office of Commissioner
- 8 Disqualification
- 9 Terms of office and remuneration
- 10 Pensions etc.
- 11 Subsequent appointments etc. of former Commissioner
- General functions, procedures etc. of Commissioner
- 12 General powers
- 13 Payment of witnesses' expenses
- 14 Strategic plans
- 15 Validity of acts
- 16 Delegation
- Staff, advisers etc.
- 17 Staff
- 18 Advisers, assessors and other services
- Finance
- 19 Accountable officer
- 20 Budget
- 21 Funding
- 22 Accounts and audit
- Location of office and sharing of resources
- 23 Location of office
- 24 Sharing of premises, staff, services and other resources
- Annual reports
- 25 Annual reports
- Ombudsman's investigations and freedom of information
- 26 Commission and Commissioners to be subject to investigations by Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
- 27 Commission and Public Appointments Commissioner for Scotland to be subject to Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
- Interpretation
- 28 Interpretation of Part 1
- Part 2 Amendments of provisions relating to other commissions and officeholders
- 29 Standardising and other amendments
- Part 3 General
- 30 Interpretation
- 31 Short title, commencement, transfers and transitionals
- SCHEDULE 1 Consequential amendments of enactments referred to in section 2(5)
- Part 1 The Ethical Standards Act
- Part 2 The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)
- Part 3 The Parliamentary Standards Act
- Part 4 The Public Appointments Act
- Part 5 The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8)
- SCHEDULE 2 Amendments of the Ethical Standards Act
- Procedure for appointments and orders conferring functions
- Witnesses' expenses
- Protection from actions of defamation
- Application of paragraphs 5 to 16
- Land, charges, location of office and sharing of resources
- Procedure for appointment of convener
- Members' terms of office, subsequent appointments etc.
- Employees, remuneration and pensions, advisers etc.
- Strategic plans
- Finance
- Annual reports
- Terms and conditions of office, staff and status of Chief Investigating Officer
- SCHEDULE 3 Amendments of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)
- Investigations and reports
- Annual reports
- Strategic plans
- Confidentiality of information
- Application of paragraphs 11 to 19
- Disqualification, terms of office, status, removal etc.
- Advisers and other services
- Land, location of office, sharing of resources and charges
- Budget
- Finance
- Prison management etc.
- Matters excluded from investigation
- SCHEDULE 4 Amendments of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13)
- The Commissioner: terms and period of office, removal and independence
- Advice and other services
- Expenses
- Charges
- Annual reports
- Strategic plans
- Application of paragraph 9 onward
- Legal status
- Staff
- Budget
- Land, location of office, sharing of resources
- Subsequent appointments
- SCHEDULE 5 Amendments of the Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 17)
- The Commissioner: period of appointment, removal etc.
- Annual reports
- Strategic plans
- Application of paragraph 6 onward
- Status and independence
- Disqualification
- Subsequent appointments
- Land, charges, location of office, sharing of resources, staff and advisers and other services
- Finance and budget
- SCHEDULE 6 Amendments of the Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006 (asp 16)
- Strategic plans
- Annual report
- Application of paragraph 4 onward
- Independence: exceptions
- Members of the Commission: period of office, removal, and other and subsequent appointments
- Land, location of office, advisers and other services, sharing of resources and finance
- SCHEDULE 7 Transfer of staff, property and liabilities and transitional and saving provisions
- Part 1 Transfer of staff, property and liabilities to Commission for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
- Staff
- Property and liabilities
- Part 2 Transitional and saving provisions
- Undetermined processes under Ethical Standards, Parliamentary Standards and Public Appointments Acts
- Current appointments of assessors by the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland
- New Commission's first budget
- Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner's last annual report
- Other annual reports
- The Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner
- Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland
- Members of the Standards Commission
- Commissioner for Children and Young People and the Public Services Ombudsman
- Members of the Scottish Commission for Human Rights
- General provisions about reappointment
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