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Where Scotland specific codes or software are not available, we identify and agree alternatives with the Scottish General Practitioners Committee before sharing them with practices.
Scottish Government policies, including an IT Code of Conduct and the Civil Service Code, apply in determining the standards of conduct for civil servants.
It also calls for a Scottish Government body to oversee implementation of and compliance with the code. The SPICe briefing explains that the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill was introduced on 10 May 2017 but that it does not include provision for a statutory code on stakeholder engagement for the forest...
The statutory powers are limited. I produce codes of practice, and people are entitled to complain if they think that a code of practice has been breached.
To answer your question specifically, there are always ways and means in terms of codes of practice. As you know, there is legislation elsewhere in the Scottish Parliament whereby we make codes of practice conditional or statutorily establish codes of practice.
It is clear that the detail of how it will work will be in the code of practice. The committee has recommended that the bill should be used to outline the issues that the code will cover.
To ask the Scottish Government how it is promoting the (a) legislative requirements and (b) code of practice issued by the Information Commissioner's Office to CCTV system owners and users.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 September 2013
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