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The Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Qualifications Scotland as Specified Authority) Order 2025

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2025-03-27

State In force

Jurisdiction Scotland

Department King's Printer for Scotland

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Made: 27th March 2025

Coming into force: 28th March 2025

In accordance with section 18(4) of that Act[^f00002], a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Qualifications Scotland as Specified Authority) Order 2025 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Treatment of Qualifications Scotland as Specified Authority

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Qualifications Scotland is to be treated, for the purposes of or in connection with any appointment to that body, as if it were one of the specified authorities within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (the Commissioner’s functions).

Signed

JENNY GILRUTH — A member of the Scottish Government — 27th March 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides that Qualifications Scotland, for the purpose 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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 asp 4.

[^f00002]: Section 18(4) was modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

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