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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ethical-standards-in-public-life-etc-scotland-act-2000/section-10",
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  "legislation": "asp/2000/7",
  "legislation_title": "Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ethical-standards-in-public-life-etc-scotland-act-2000",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Relationship between Commission and Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioner shall, subject to subsection (2) below, in carrying out the Commissioner's functions under this Act, comply with any directions given by the Commission.\n(2) The Commission shall not, however, direct the Commissioner as to how the Commissioner carries out any investigation.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 10(1)(2) substituted (1.4.2011) by Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), ss. 2(5), 31(5), sch. 1 para. 2 (with s. 31(6), sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 10(1) substituted (1.4.2011) by Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), ss. 2(5), 31(5), sch. 1 para. 3 (with s. 31(6), sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 10(2) substituted (1.4.2011) by Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), ss. 2(5), 31(5), sch. 1 para. 4 (with s. 31(6), sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 10 heading substituted (1.7.2013) by The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, sch. 2 para. 3 (with sch. 4 para. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/7/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:25.618849+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}