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The redraft did not involve the alteration or removal of any of the Code’s existing rules.
The Committee replaced the four-volume Code with a stand-alone document which contained all the rules that MSPs must abide by.
Agus, an dèidh do cha mhòr 7,000 Bileagan Fiosrachaidh a bhith air an cur a-steach rè na h- ùine sin a-mhàin, tha sinn air a bhith anabarrach trang agus tairbheach.
Any further projected implementation costs will be considered following a process to co-design the new code with service operators and households, and when developing and consulting on the code.
Regulation 17(2) of the instrument amends the Road Works (Reinstatement)(Scotland) Regulations 1992 at regulation 2(1) to provide that “the Code means the code of practice entitled “Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Roads” approved by the Scottish Ministers in February 2019 as revised and reissued from time to time” thereby replacing the earlier Code dated October 2003.
Development, approval and review
Sections 6 to 10 of the Bill set out the duties of the Commissioner in developing and implementing a Code of Practice on the use of biometrics by those bodies to which the Code applies.
Potential changes to the Code of Conduct
The Committee is responsible for recommending changes to the Code of Conduct for MSPs for agreement by the Parliament as a whole.
Scottish Ministers must consult on the code in preparing it, explicitly including local authorities and SEPA, and must lay a draft code in the Scottish Parliament for a minimum period of 40 days before its completion (with no account to be taken of time when Parliament is dissolved or in recess for more than 4 days)....