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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.
The redraft does not involve the alteration or removal of any of the Code’s current rules.
The Committee proposes that the current four-volume Code be replaced with a single, standalone document which contains all of the rules that MSPs must abide by.
Section 9 of the Bill provides that a draft Code of Practice approved by the Scottish Ministers, shall not come into force until regulations making the Code have been laid and approved by the Scottish Parliament.
Scottish Ministers must consult such persons they consider appropriate before making such a revised code of practice.
The Scottish Ministers must re-publish the code of practice as revised unless none of the revisions materially alters the effect of the code.
I can confirm the figure of £25,000 is a historic figure which has been included in previous Model Codes and Councillors Codes. The continued use of £25,000 as the trigger point in the Model Code maintains consistency with the Councillor’s Code and with the members codes of the devolved administrations in Northern Ireland and Wales.