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The strategic framework, published in 2003, envisaged both an industry code of practice and legislation that would mainly impact on those who do not sign up to or do not stick to the voluntary code.
All the major fish-farming businesses are Norwegian-based, and they are all signed up to the code of good practice. The businesses that are not signed up to the code are the very small Scottish-owned businesses that get their smolts from Scottish sources.
The operation and impact of the Lobbying Act therefore needs to be viewed within this broader framework which 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 Parliament and parliamentary questions.