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The latest submission from the Scottish Government states that it is“happy that the Committee takes forward research on adherence to the code”.Perhaps Fergus Cochrane can remind us whether any research has been done on the extent to which the code is being adhered to.
The gender equality duty and the disability equality duty were designed in Scotland and ratified by the Scottish Parliament, and specific Scottish codes of practice and guidance sit underneath them.
You have highlighted two documents that are key in supporting the bill process: the environmental assessment and the code of construction practice. A third is the noise and vibration statement.
Members are aware that I am constrained from disclosing the details of the source of the legal advice that has been provided, not least by the ministerial code. We routinely obtain legal advice on the competence and effect of amendments to any bill.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has published a Prosecution Code1Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. (2001). Prosecution Code. Retrieved from https://www.copfs.gov.uk/publications/prosecution-code/ setting out general criteria for prosecution decision making.
Some of those issues are covered by the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 and the victims’ code. I think that the issues that the individual raised earlier applied even before the court stage.