SCHEDULE 4Amendments of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13)
Expenses
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After subsection (11) of that section there is inserted—
11A
Subsection (11)(b) does not require the Parliamentary corporation to pay any expenses incurred by the Commissioner which exceed or are otherwise not covered by a budget or, as the case may be, revised budget approved under paragraph 4A of schedule 2.
11B
However, the Parliamentary corporation may pay those expenses.
11C
The Parliamentary corporation is to indemnify the Commissioner in respect of any liabilities incurred by the Commissioner in the exercise of the Commissioner's functions under this Act.