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However, concerns have been raised about the statutory consultation that the Electoral Commission was required to undertake with the Scottish Parliament on a draft of the code. Consequently, the Scottish Government withdrew that draft code on 5?
Section 26 would require the Scottish Ministers to publish a code of practice on sustainable and regenerative agriculture, however, and section 26(3)(a) would require this code to include an explanation of the term.
I am not going into this with an expectation that we will be able to find a pub code that will satisfy absolutely everyone, because I recognise that there are strong views about the code.
The bulk of the policy has already been set out on the face of the Bill, and a power is being taken here to add detail by way of a code of practice and to bring that code into force by regulations.