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Also, if a minister were to break the code this would further increase confidence that sanctions given to the minister are appropriate as they would have broken the code despite making a prior oath to abide by it.
It is fine to have principles and ethical considerations in the code of practice, but I am interested in how compliance with the code will be monitored in future.
One reason could be the introduction of the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 which introduced a Code of Conduct. The Code sets minimum standards that factors need to meet.