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SSIs
During the Parliamentary year, the Committee considered six Scottish Statutory Instruments (SSIs) four under the affirmative procedure and two under the negative procedure:
The draft Model Code of Conduct for Members of Devolved Public Bodies
The draft Representation of the People (Postal Voting for Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Reg...
Paragraph (ga) was added to this rule which provides that a Delegated Powers Memorandum is required when a Bill "contains any provision conferring power to make subordinate legislation, or conferring power on the Scottish Ministers to issue any directions, guidance or code of practice". However, the underlined words are not present in the Stage 2 requiremen...
Following this, and the report of the Parliament’s Joint Working Group on sexual harassment, the Committee made a series of revisions to the Code of Conduct to clarify the standard of behaviour expected of MSPs, to support individuals who experience this behaviour to bring complaints forward and to promote the confidentiality of the Complaints process.
A Bill which contains any provision conferring power to make subordinate legislation, or conferring power on the Scottish Ministers to issue any directions, guidance or code of practice, shall on introduction be accompanied by a Delegated Powers Memorandum setting out, in relation to each such provision of the Bill—
(a) the person upon whom, or the body upo...
Specifically on whether you can amend and add to the code, section 7(4) of the bill, which is on the effect of the code, allows for the Scottish ministers “to add a person or description of person” to the persons that the code has an effect upon.
After this provided in Table 4. initial coding, EC and RJ discussed coding approaches to achieve a richer understanding of the data, [37] and Theme 1. basis for institutional objection refined the codes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 November 2025
These payments will start from November 2025.Our plans to co-design a new household recycling Code of Practice are set out in the Circular Economy & Waste Route Map.