Public Appointments and Public Bodies (Scotland) Act 2003
47.Paragraph 3 of the schedule adds the office of non-executive director of the Bank to the list of specified offices in schedule 2 of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003. This means that the Scottish Ministers, when appointing non-executive directors to the Bank’s Board, will need to comply with the code of practice on public appointments produced by the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland.