Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003
79.Paragraph 21(3) of the schedule adds the Commission to the list of specified authorities in schedule 2 of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (the “2003 Act”). This means that the Scottish Ministers, when appointing the Commission’s members, will need (under section 2 of the 2003 Act) to comply with the code of practice on public appointments produced by the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland.