{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-complaints-of-maladministration-order-1999/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-complaints-of-maladministration-order-1999/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1351",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Complaints of Maladministration) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-complaints-of-maladministration-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order–\n“the 1967 Act” means the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967(\n“the Act” means the Scotland Act 1998;\n“action” includes failure to act and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;\n“authority subject to investigation” shall be construed in accordance with article 8;\n“listed tribunal” means a tribunal which is either a Scottish public authority which is listed in Schedule 1 or a cross-border public authority which is listed in Schedule 2;\n“officer” includes employee;\n“Parliamentary Commissioner” means the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration;\n“person aggrieved” shall be construed in accordance with article 9(1)(b);\n“the Scottish Commissioner” means the Scottish Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration appointed in accordance with article 4,\nand action taken in the exercise of functions of an authority subject to investigation includes a reference to action taken by any of its members or officers or any members of its staff.\n(2) Unless otherwise provided, any reference in this Order to a numbered article or Schedule is a reference to an article or Schedule bearing that number in or to this Order and any reference in an article to a numbered paragraph is to a paragraph bearing that number in that article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 13."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1351/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:24.082123+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."
}