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It might be worth pointing out that there have been some changes in the governance, which involves a combination of legislation—the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000—and the codes of practice that sit alongside that.
During the past year, we have delivered a new “Code of audit practice 2016” and have ensured the smooth transition of new audit appointments and auditors for the next five years, which will save around £1 million per annum.
Certainly, we collect local authorities’ codes, but we would need to ensure that those figures matched up with the postcode of the property, and that the right area code had been selected.
They were then withdrawn and relaid on 8 December, because the committee’s legal adviser identified that the date of issue of the code of practice, as stated in article 2(1)(b) of each of the draft orders, was not correct.