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Official Report Meeting date: 1 December 2016

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee 01 December 2016

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.

Official Report Meeting date: 3 May 2023

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 03 May 2023

It should be noted that the new code is intended to cover only landowning factors.

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Scottish Parliamentary Standards (Sexual Harassment and Complaints Process) Bill [AS INTRODUCED] An Act of the Scottish Parliament to allow the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland to investigate complaints of past sexual harassment made about members of the Parliament in respect of behaviour towards members of their own staff; to remove the default time limit for making complaints to the Commissioner; and to remove any requirement for the 5 complainer’s signature. 1 Complaints about past sexual harassment (1) The Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002 is amended as follows. (2) In section 3 (functions of the Commissioner)— (a) in subsection (3), after “force” insert “, or treated as having been in force under 10 subsection (4A),”, (b) after subsection (4), insert— “(4A) For the purpose of subsection (3), paragraphs 5 and 6 of section 7 of the Code...

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P ART 3 C AMPAIGN FINANCE Expenditure in respect of Scottish Parliament elections 14 Notional and third party expenditure: Scottish Parliament elections 30 (1) The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 is modified as follows. (2) In section 73 (notional campaign expenditure), in subsection (1A)— (a) after “paragraph 3,” insert “5,”, (b) after “parliamentary general elections” insert “, general elections to the Scottish Parliament”. 35 (3) In section 86 (notional controlled expenditure), in subsection (1A)— (a) after “paragraph 3,” insert “5,”, 14 Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill Part 3—Campaign finance 1 (b) after “parliamentary general elections” insert “, general elections to the Scottish Parliament”. (4) In section 94 (limits on controlled expenditure by third parties), in subsection (8A)— (a) after “paragraph 3,” insert “5,”, 5 (b) after “parliamentary general elections” insert “, general elections to the Scottish Parliament”. 15 Third parties capable of giving notification (1) The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 is modified as follows. (2) In section 88 (third parties recognised for the purposes of Part 6), after subsection (10), 10 insert— 1 “(11) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (2), as it applies for the purposes of a period in relation to which any limit is imposed by paragraph 5 of schedule 10 (general elections to Scottish Parliament), by— (a) adding a description of third party to the list in that subsection, 15 (b) removing a description of third party from that list, or (c) varying the description of a third party in that list. (12) Regulations under subsection (11) may only be made where the regulations give effect to a recommendation of the Commission.”. (3) In section 156 (orders and regulations), in subsection (4D)— 20 (a) after “apply to” insert “any regulations under section 88(11) or”, and (b) for “such order” substitute “such regulations or orders”. 16 Restriction on which third parties may incur controlled expenditure (1) The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 is modified as follows. (2) After section 89A insert— 25 “89B Restriction on which third parties may incur controlled expenditure: Scottish Parliament elections (1) No amount of controlled expenditure may be incurred by or on behalf of a third party during a Scottish devolved regulated period unless the third party falls within any paragraph of section 88(2) (third parties eligible to give 30 notification). (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any expenses incurred by or on behalf of a third party during a Scottish devolved regulated period which do not in total exceed £700. (3) Subsections (4) and (5) apply where expenses are incurred by or on behalf of 35 a third party in contravention of subsection (1). (4) If the third party is not an individual— (a) any person who authorised the expenses to be incurred by or on behalf the third party commits an offence if the person knew or ought of 15 Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill Part 3—Campaign finance reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in contravention of subsection (1), and (b) the third party also commits an offence. (5) If the third party is an individual, the individual commits an offence if they 5 knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in contravention of subsection (1). (6) In this section a “Scottish devolved regulated period” means a period in relation to which any limit is imposed by paragraph 5 of Schedule 10 (general elections to the Scottish Parliament).”. 10 (3) In schedule 20 (penalties), at the appropriate place in the table insert— 11 1 “Section 89B(4) and (5) (incurring On summary conviction in Scotland: 12 statutory maximum controlled expenditure in contravention of section 89B(1)) On indictment in Scotland: fine”. 15 17 Transitional provision: offences relating to third party expenditure (1) The amendments made by section 16 have effect only in relation to a Scottish devolved regulated period beginning on or after the day on which section 16 comes fully into force. (2) In subsection (1) “a Scottish devolved regulated period” means a period in relation to 20 which any limit is imposed by paragraph 5 of schedule 10 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (general elections to the Scottish Parliament). 18 Code...

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