Amendment made: 35, page 5, line 22, at end insert-

'(4A) Subject to subsection (4B), a special advisers code must provide that a special adviser may not-

(a) authorise the expenditure of public funds;

(b) exercise any power in relation to the management of any part of the civil service of the State;

(c) otherwise exercise any power conferred by or under this or any other Act or any power under Her Majesty's prerogative.

(4B) A special advisers code may permit a special adviser to exercise any power within subsection (4A)(b) in relation to another special adviser.

(4C) In subsection (4A)(c) "Act" includes-

(a) an Act of the Scottish Parliament;

(b) an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales;

(c) Northern Ireland legislation.'.- (Mr. Wills.)