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The revised code of practice replaces the code of practice on covert human intelligence sources issued by the Scottish Ministers on 28 November 2014 and brought into force on 2 February 2015.
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 Scottish Government conducted an internal review and mapping exercise of port waste reception facilities relevant to the fishing sector in Scotland in both 2023 and 2024 in order to inform future policy development.
Code of Conduct for Councillors
At its meeting on 5 October 2021 (7th meeting, 2021), the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee considered the Code of Conduct for Councillors (the Code).
Committee reports
Date published:
28 November 2019
The Committee discussed whether, if the Scottish Parliament did not approve the draft codes of practice under these sections, there could be a period during which no codes were in place.
The Committee considers that this would enhance the opportunity for Parliamentary scrutiny of the Code, in line with the importance of the Code as set out above, by requiring both a pre-scrutiny Parliamentary consultation phase on the proposed draft Code, and a vote to approve the final draft Code before it could be issued.
Committee reports
Date published:
11 November 2020