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The Permanent Secretary has advised me of the relevant sections of the Ministerial Code should I have any Government engagement with Mr Anwar, and as always, I will of course abide by the Code.
Timeline for revision of Section 60 Code of Practice The Scottish Government received initial comments on the existing Code from the Commissioner’s office in late 2024.
Dr Genevieve Lennon, Scottish Institute of Policing Research (SIPR) told the Committee that whilst a statutory code “is symbolically important”, it would be strengthened by being a discipline code, which would require some reworking of the current code.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 November 2019
This means that if the Scottish Parliament refuses to approve the first draft code that is laid, there would be a period during which there is still no code in place.
Details of what the notifications must include would be identified in the Code of Practice, including timescales, but could be subject to future change.