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Members indicated agreement.Document subject to Parliamentary Control Document subject to Parliamentary Control Under agenda item 4, we are considering a document subject to parliamentary control, on which no points have been raised. ?Code of Practice for the Welfare of Pigs (Revocation) (Scotland) Notice 2023 (SG 2023/304) Code of Practice for the Welfare of Pigs (Revocation) (Scotland) Notice 2023 (SG 2023/304) Is the committee content with the document?
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee Consideration
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the Code at its meeting on 9 January 2024 and made no recommendations in relation to the Code.
These are already starting the process to help more local authorities align with the existing Code of Practice. The existing Code provides the starting point to inform development of the new code, and so we expect the RIF investments to date will contribute to local authoritie...
Scottish Ministers must consult such persons they consider appropriate before making such a revised code of practice.
The Scottish Ministers must re-publish the code of practice as revised unless none of the revisions materially alters the effect of the code.
I can confirm the figure of £25,000 is a historic figure which has been included in previous Model Codes and Councillors Codes. The continued use of £25,000 as the trigger point in the Model Code maintains consistency with the Councillor’s Code and with the members codes of the devolved administrations in Northern Ireland and Wales.
Section 9 of the Bill provides that a draft Code of Practice approved by the Scottish Ministers, shall not come into force until regulations making the Code have been laid and approved by the Scottish Parliament.
NatureScot refuse to acknowledge whether or not their staff receive training on their Regulators Code, certainly in my experience I have seen nothing that would indicate they apply the code to their duties.
Councillors feeling that they are ‘silenced’ by the Code of Conduct The Standards Commission’s Guidance on the Councillors’ Code notes that councillors are entitled, and indeed expected, to scrutinise the delivery of services.
Councillors feeling that they are ‘silenced’ by the Code of Conduct The Standards Commission’s Guidance on the Councillors’ Code notes that councillors are entitled, and indeed expected, to scrutinise the delivery of services.