Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 1467
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND
The Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 2005
Made
7th June 2005
Laid before Parliament
20th June 2005
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
10th June 2005
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 7th day of June 2005
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 126(8)(b) of the Scotland Act 1998( 1 ) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 2005 and shall come into force on the day on which section 43 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005( 2 ) comes into force.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005.
Specification of Office
2. The following offices are specified for the purposes of section 126(8)(b) of the Scotland Act 1998 (offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices)–
(a) Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Fire and Rescue Authorities appointed under section 43(1)(a) of the Act;
(b) Her Majesty’s Inspector of Fire and Rescue Authorities appointed under section 43(1)(b) of the Act; and
(c) Assistant Inspector of Fire and Rescue Authorities appointed under section 43(2) of the Act.
Partial revocation of the Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 1999
3. In the Schedule to the Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 1999( 3 ), the following entries are hereby revoked–
(a) the entry relating to Her Majesty’s Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland, together with the corresponding entry in column 2 of the Schedule; and
(b) the entry relating to Assistant Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland, together with the corresponding entry in column 2 of the Schedule.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council