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It is also worth saying that it is possible for the commissioner to not set aside but relax any provision in the code—that is built into the code itself.
Also, if a minister were to break the code this would further increase confidence that sanctions given to the minister are appropriate as they would have broken the code despite making a prior oath to abide by it.
As we mentioned in the report, there were multiple instances where expenses were approved without receipts. It is a fundamental for the approval of any public expenditure that receipts go alongside expenses.
Table 1: estimated transactions with the EU (£ million)2014-152015-162016-172017-18Gross contribution to the EU budget1,1441,1219871,039Public sector EU receipts (not including private sector receipts, e.g.
It is for Scottish Ministers to decide how best to utilise POCA receipts. Currently, the receipts are used to fund the Scottish Government’s highly successful CashBack for Communities Programme.
Section 3(2) of the Bill amends section 6 of the 2002 Act so as to remove the requirement for a complaint to be signed, thus facilitating the making and receipt of complaints by electronic means.