Part V
- (b) for any person to have such rights or interests in relation to any property to which this section applies as Her Majesty considers appropriate (whether in connection with a transfer or otherwise).
(3) This section applies to property belonging to the cross-border public authority concerned which appears to Her Majesty―
- (a) to be held or used wholly or partly for or in connection with the exercise of any of the functions concerned, or
- (b) not to be within paragraph (a) but, when last held or used for or in connection with the exercise of any function, to have been so held or used for or in connection with the exercise of any of the functions concerned.
(4) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the transfer of any liabilities―
- (a) to which the cross-border public authority concerned is subject, and
- (b) which appear to Her Majesty to have been incurred wholly or partly for or in connection with the exercise of any of the functions concerned.
(5) No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under this section unless the cross-border public authority concerned has been consulted.
Miscellaneous
Maladministration. 91.—(1) The Parliament shall make provision for the investigation of relevant complaints made to its members in respect of any action taken by or on behalf of—
- (a) a member of the Scottish Executive in the exercise of functions conferred on the Scottish Ministers, or
- (b) any other office-holder in the Scottish Administration.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a complaint is a relevant complaint if it is a complaint of a kind which could be investigated under the 1967 c. 13.Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 if it were made to a member of the House of Commons in respect of a government department or other authority to which that Act applies.
(3) The Parliament may make provision for the investigation of complaints in respect of—
- (a) any action taken by or on behalf of an office-holder in the Scottish Administration,
- (b) any action taken by or on behalf of the Parliamentary corporation,
- (c) any action taken by or on behalf of a Scottish public authority with mixed functions or no reserved functions, or
- (d) any action concerning Scotland and not relating to reserved matters which is taken by or on behalf of a cross-border public authority.
(4) In making provision of the kind required by subsection (1), the Parliament shall have regard (among other things) to the Act of 1967.
