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In these cases, a judgement was made to assign the most appropriate SIC code based on the nature of the spend described. • For the majority of outstanding line items, a judgement call was made to allocate spend equally across the SIC codes.
Decision on taking business in private, Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Draft Code of Practice, Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Draft Code of Practice, Annual report, Business planning day, Work programme.
Funding model
The funding model in the bill would mean that pub owning companies bear the majority of the ongoing costs of the Scottish pub code adjudicator's office. These costs will be met by an annual levy on those businesses covered by the code, and follows the model used in the 2015 Act.
I would say that Parliament must absolutely have a vote on the code of practice. The difficulty with discussing the code of practice before we discuss the bill is that the code of practice will not be any good unless the bill is right.
The Scottish Government has confirmed that the intention is that the 2008 regulations also refer to the current version of the code, which was issued in 2019, and not the code that was issued in 2003.
During the examination, the commissioner established that the “Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies in Scotland” had not been complied with and that the principles of merit and integrity had been breached.