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The Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Amendment of Specified Authorities) Order 2017

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Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 18(4) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Public Bodies

Made 2017

Coming into force 2017

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(2)(a) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 18(4) of that Actf2, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 asp 4.

f2

Section 18(4) was modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the list of specified authorities
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Amendment of Specified Authorities) Order 2017 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2Amendment of the list of specified authorities

(1)

Schedule 2 of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (the specified authorities) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

In the listing of the specified authorities, under the heading “Advisory bodies” insert, at the appropriate place, “Scottish Land Commission”.

Signature

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends schedule 2 of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 to add the Scottish Land Commission to the list of specified authorities that are subject to section 2 of that Act. The effect of this is that the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life will regulate the process by which the Land Commissioners and the Tenant Farming Commissioner are appointed to the Scottish Land Commission.