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In accordance with the Scottish Ministerial Code, it is not the normal practice of the Scottish Government to disclose whether legal advice has been sought in relation to a particular situation.
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Date answered:
17 September 2010
The responsibility for farm animal welfare rests with livestock keepers who have a duty to protect them from the effects of adverse weather in accordance with good practice. The statutory codes of recommendations for the welfare of livestock recommend that farmers should make plans for dealing with emergencies such as the disruption of supplies.
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Date answered:
12 February 2010
In addition, the Scottish Government wrote to all local authorities in 2007 to remind them of their responsibilities under accounting codes of practice, best value guidance grant conditions and statute in respect of their management of common good funds and assets.
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Date answered:
23 September 2009
Volume 2, Chapter 2 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 Code of Practice provides guidance on procedures to be followed before the granting of a short-term detention certificate.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 January 2009
General guidance on the criteria for decision making and the range of options available to prosecutors dealing with reports is published in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Prosecution Code. S3W-19363
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 March 2008
Guidance on what a co-ordinated support plan should contain can be found in chapter 4, paragraphs 43-59 of supporting children''s learning code of practice, to which education authorities are required to have regard.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 February 2008
We are currently developing,through the Community Council Working Group, a Model Community Council Scheme, GoodPractice Guidance for both local authorities and community councils and a Code ofConduct for Community Councillors.
That company had the highest level of coded welders in Scotland at that time, as the skills that were required to build submarine hulls were so extensive.