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LGCC2018R9
Report on the revised Code of Conduct for Councillors
Report from the Local Government and Communities Committee on the revised Code of Conduct for Councillors (SG/2018/65).
You did not say why ARIOB should not do it, but you said that it should not. Should the code of practice be subject to the same sort of scrutiny by an oversight body, given the code’s potential to form the basis of cross-compliance for any other payments?
The inclusion of the “have regard to” provision in the Bill risks undermining the regulatory force of the Code, and he recommended-
“While the content of the Code is still to be determined it should clearly embed within it human rights standards and Open Rights Group sees no reason why the Code should not exist as binding, requiring those bodies to whom the Code applies to follow, not just “have regard to” the Code of Practice."
Details of what the notifications must include would be identified in the Code of Practice, including timescales, but could be subject to future change.
It has a particular focus on the various human rights of trans people (and sometimes other groups) that would be placed at significant risk if the EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice produced following the ruling were to be made statutory.
The promotion of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code (SOAC) Publication 2005 - Scottish Outdoor Access Code.pdf (outdooraccess-scotland.scot) is, in our view, sufficient.
Section 2 - Code of Ethics
Provision in the Bill
Section 2 of the Bill puts in to place a statutory obligation for there to be a Code of Ethics for Police Scotland.