{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-appointments-and-public-bodies-etc-scotland-act-2003/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-appointments-and-public-bodies-etc-scotland-act-2003/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/4",
  "legislation_title": "Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-appointments-and-public-bodies-etc-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29);\n“the 1980 Act” means the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 46);\n“the 1990 Act” means the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40);\n...\n“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland;\n“the Parliament” means the Scottish Parliament;\n“the specified authorities” is to be construed in accordance with section 2.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 20 repealed (1.8.2010) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), ss. 7(3)(c), 134(7); S.S.I. 2010/221, art. 3(2), sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 20 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. 16(b) (with sch. 4 para. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 15.8.2003 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2003/384, art. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/4/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:53.402833+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."
}