
1 
This Order may be cited as the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Office or Body as Specified Authority) Order 2012 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2 
The following bodies are to be treated, for the purposes of or in connection with any appointment to those bodies, as if they were specified authorities within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (the Commissioner’s functions)—
(a) the Scottish Police Authority; and
(b) the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
11th June 2012