In summary, the orders have declassified the General Teaching Council for Scotland as a public body and turned it into an independent profession-led organisation; transferred the functions of the Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland and the Public Appointments Commissioner for Scotland to the new Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland, at the request of the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body; created the roles of prison monitoring co-ordinator and independent prison monitor, and transferred the functions of prison visiting committees to those roles; provided the basis for measures to provide greater confidence in the working relationships between landlords and tenant farmers; enabled ministers to recover the costs of Education Scotland’s inspection of independent further education colleges and English language schools; helped to streamline and simplify the planning system in two specific areas; and allowed NHS National Services Scotland to provide shared services across the public sector with a view to improving efficiency and productivity.