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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-commissions-and-commissioners-etc-act-2010/section-16",
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  "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/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Delegation",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Any function of the Commissioner may be performed on the Commissioner's behalf by any person (whether or not ... a member of the Commissioner’s staff) authorised by the Commissioner to do so, and to the extent so authorised.\n(4) Subsection (3) does not affect the responsibility of the Commissioner for the performance of the Commissioner's functions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 16(1)(2) omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17(a)"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 16(3) 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. 1 para. 17(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 16(3) omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(ii)"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 16(3) 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. 1 para. 17(b)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 16(4) 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. 1 para. 17(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in s. 16(4) 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. 1 para. 17(c)(ii)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/11/section/16",
    "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."
}