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Yesterday, we heard that we will also be the auditor of the Scottish pubs code adjudicator, which is a small body, but all such bodies still require an audit.
A good example of the non-interpretation of policy relates to attendance and the fact that the SEEMiS coding has become increasingly flexible over the years.
It is worth bearing it in mind that the code exercise of 2012 and 2013 to create the Scottish code of good higher education governance involved every university.
Paragraph 3.5 in the Scottish ministerial code states: “When the Parliament is meeting, Ministers should ensure that important announcements of Government policy are made, in the first instance, to the Parliament”.
We conducted three compliance assessments on the code of practice. Members will remember that the code was approved by the Parliament in November 2022.
The Scottish Government is currently working on a non-statutory voluntary Code of Practice on the dismissal and replacement of land-owning land maintenance companies.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 November 2018
The vast majority of Muirburn takes place in late winter and early spring, and it is considered that publicity about the Code is best focused on this period rather than autumn.
A key part of the project that we will get into more fundamentally during 2026, following the consultation on the code and after we hear the views of the Parliament and others, is the procurement of audit services once the code is settled.