{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-commissions-and-commissioners-etc-act-2010/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-commissions-and-commissioners-etc-act-2010/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/11",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-commissions-and-commissioners-etc-act-2010",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "The Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland",
  "text": "(1) There is to be a Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland (the “Commissioner”).\n(2) The Commissioner is to be an individual appointed by the Parliamentary corporation with the agreement of the Parliament.\n(3) The functions of the Commissioner are those conferred on the Commissioner by the following enactments—\n(a) the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 7) ,\n(b) the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002 (asp 16) , ...\n(c) the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4) , and\n(d) the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1 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), arts. 1, 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 1(3) repealed (12.3.2018) by Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 16), ss. 38(2)(a), 52(2); S.S.I. 2018/73, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 1(3)(d) and word inserted (12.3.2018) by Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 16), ss. 38(2)(b), 52(2); S.S.I. 2018/73, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/11/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:24.644769+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."
}