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Prosecution Code. Retrieved from https://www.copfs.gov.uk/publications/prosecution-code/html/ These criteria include:
evidential factors – is there a legal sufficiency of evidence and a realistic prospect of conviction (different tests apply to the early stages of solemn procedure cases)
whether action is in the publ...
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As set out in Section 24 of the 2016 Act, the Tenant Farming Commissioner’s role is to:
prepare codes of practice on agricultural holdings
promote the codes of practice
inquire into alleged breaches of the codes of practice
prepare a report on the operation of agents of landlo...
This framework includes the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002; the Scottish Ministerial Code; the Civil Service Code; the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011; the Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006; the Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish ...
We have talked about the complexity of the codes of conduct and my office deals with a very large number of them, such as the “Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament”, “The Councillors’ Code of Conduct” and the various public bodies’ codes of conduct.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 December 2025
The legal opinion by Roddy Dunlop KC underlines the MSP Code’s ambiguity in section 9.1; current limitations on committee removal procedures reveal the need for clearer accountability for conveners and depute conveners, to remove the need for MSPs like me to seek advice that highlights these gaps.