Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 2278 (S. 11)
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
DEVOLUTION
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY STANDARDS COMMISSIONER
The Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002 (Power to Call for Witnesses and Documents) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2003
Made
3rd September 2003
Laid before Parliament
10th September 2003
Coming into force
1st October 2003
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 104, 112(1) and 113 of the Scotland Act 1998( 1 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement, and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002 (Power to Call for Witnesses and Documents) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st October 2003.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only.
Power of the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner to call for witnesses and documents
2. The following sections of the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002( 2 ) shall extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland as well as to Scotland:–
(a) section 13 (power to call for witnesses and documents);
(b) section 14 (witnesses and documents: notice); and
(c) section 20 (interpretation) in so far as relating to those sections.
ALISTAIR DARLING
Secretary of State for Scotland
Scotland Office, Dover House, London
3rd September 2003