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Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010

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Part 3The Parliamentary Standards Act

11Sections 1 and 2 and schedule 1 (appointment, terms of office etc. of Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner and acting Commissioner) are repealed.

12In section 3(1) (functions of Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner) for “Commissioner”, where it first occurs, there is substituted “Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland (the “Commissioner”)”.

13In section 16 (restriction on disclosure of information)—

(a)in subsection (1) for “Commissioner”, where it secondly occurs, there is substituted “Commission for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland (the “Commission”)”, and

(b)in subsection (2)—

(i)after “Commissioner”, where it first occurs, there is inserted “or Commission”, and

(ii)after “Commissioner”, where it secondly occurs, there is inserted “or, as the case may be, Commission”.

14In section 20 (interpretation)—

(a)the definition of “acting Commissioner” is repealed, and

(b)for the definition of “Commissioner” there is substituted—

““Commissioner” means the Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland;”.

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