The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (Devolved Public Bodies) Order 2009

Made: 30th July 2009

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 5th August 2009

Coming into force: 9th October 2009

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section28(2) of the Ethical Standards in Public Lifeetc. (Scotland) Act 2000[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Ethical Standards in Public Lifeetc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (Devolved Public Bodies) Order 2009 and comes into force on 9th October 2009.

Devolved public bodies

2

• (1) The Ethical Standards in Public Lifeetc. (Scotland) Act2000 is amended in accordance with the provisions of paragraph(2).

• (2) In schedule3[^f00002] (devolved public bodies)–

• (a) omit “The Parole Board for Scotland”;

• (b) insert after “ANational Health Service trust”–

National Waiting Times Centre Board”[^f00003]; “NHS24

[^f00004]; and

• (c) insert before “TheBoard of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh”–

Quality Meat Scotland[^f00005]

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Executive — 30th July 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order modifies schedule3 to the Ethical Standards in Public Lifeetc. (Scotland) Act2000 (“the 2000 Act”) which lists those bodies that are “devolved public bodies” for the purposes of that Act.

Article2(2)(a) removes from schedule3 of the 2000 Act theParole Board for Scotland, thus releasing it from the obligation to subscribe to an approved code of conduct, bringing it into line with other Tribunal NonDepartmental Public Bodies.

Article2(2)(b) and (c) add National Waiting Times Centre Board, NHS24 and Quality Meat Scotland to schedule3 of the 2000 Act. The bodies will become subject to the obligation to adopt an approved code of conduct, which will be legally enforceable.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2000 asp7.

[^f00002]: Schedule 3 has been amended but none of the amendments are relevant to this Order.

[^f00003]: Established by the National Waiting Times Centre Board (Scotland) Order 2002 (S.S.I.2002/305).

[^f00004]: Established by the NHS24 (Scotland) Order 2001 (S.S.I.2001/137).

[^f00005]: Established by the Quality Meat Scotland Order 2008 (S.S.I.2008/77).