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Scottish Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 375
Public Bodies
The Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Scottish Fiscal Commission as Specified Authority) Order 2016
Made
16th November 2016
Coming into force
17th November 2016
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(3) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 18(4) of that Act(2), a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Scottish Fiscal Commission as Specified Authority) Order 2016 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Treatment of Scottish Fiscal Commission as Specified Authority
2. The Scottish Fiscal Commission(3) is to be treated, for the purposes of or in connection with any appointment to that body, as if it were a specified authority within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (the Commissioner's functions).
DEREK MACKAY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
16th November 2016
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides that the Scottish Fiscal Commission for the purposes of or in connection with appointments to that body, is to be treated as if it were a specified authority listed in schedule 2 of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003.
Section 18(4) was modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).
To be established by section 1(1) of the Scottish Fiscal Commission Act 2016 (2016 asp 17).