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In one case the Committee found that there had been a breach of the Code and wrote to the Co-Conveners of the Group to remind them of the obligation to comply with the requirements of the Code of Conduct.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 September 2023
As noted above, regulation 3(6)(a) requires compliance with the ChIRP Code of Practice, which is not provided for in the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019.
Part 2 repeals the existing Electronic Communications Code and inserts a new code; it also provides Ofcom with powers to regulate “dynamic spectrum access”.
Members indicated agreement.Cross-party Groups Cross-party Groups Agenda item 3 is for the committee to consider an annual update on cross-party groups’ compliance with the code of conduct. There are currently 94 cross-party groups, and members will see from the report that compliance with the code is very high.
As the muirburn code would be central to the muirburn licensing scheme, the Committee believes that further information about the updated muirburn code would inform the Parliament’s consideration of the Bill.
The Scottish Government is working on a code of practice, which is being co-developed with the industry to give us a better understanding of what it should look like.