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I note from your submission that changes that are being made to the civil service recruitment code may allow NDPB staff to transfer into the civil service, especially when they have worked closely with the civil service.
Having said that, I point out that training has been offered on the code of practice, and that a video and leaflets about the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 were produced.
There would be a legal judgment at that stage. An MSP could be in breach of the code of conduct for members if they failed to register an interest that might affect their impartiality on a bill and the interest subsequently came to light.
The third is replacing section 46 with the wording of section 105 of the Scottish Law Commission's draft criminal code. That codifies the provisions of section 46 in such a way that the offence of soliciting is retained and the offence of purchasing is added but—importantly—only if those actions cause alarm or offence.
The overall thrust of the bill, the traffic commissioner's advice and local authorities' views is about minimising disruption and delays on the roads. Technically, codes of practice are in place for that, but it has been shown that they do not work well.
Given the contents of the Queen's speech and certain issues such as establishing a code of practice for victims and appointing a commissioner for victims and witnesses, the roll-out of witness care pilots forms part of a very dynamic policy context.
The classical paradigm on which recombinant DNA technology is based is that DNA produces ribonucleic acid, which then codes for a protein—it is a simple mechanistic flow in that direction—but if you turn the page you will see that we have learned all sorts of things over the years that make that idea just too simplistic.
(Highlands and Islands) (SNP): The background note that I have says that the UK Government's leylandii working group agreed a voluntary code of practice to be provided on hedges and plants at the point of sale.