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There is a wide consultation requirement before being able to publish a code of practice. Scottish Ministers must consult publicly and solicit the views of local authorities and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and the code of practice must be laid before the Parliament to allow scrutiny of the code.
This is particularly relevant to the duty set out in Section 26 to produce a Code of Practice on Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture ('the Code').