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Where fraud is detected, the approach to dealing with individuals will be important and, while not set out in the Bill, will be explicit in terms of the behaviours exhibited by the agency. This means there will be a presumption of innocence. 284.
Similarly, Edinburgh Hotels Association welcomes these powers in the Bill as they allow Scottish Ministers to add, remove or amend types of accommodation liable for the levy without primary legislation: “This will allow quick responses to future economic and behavioural changes in the accommodation sector.
Conduct complaints are intended to address any poor behaviour of legal practitioners. It is considered that this will be a more flexible approach to how complaints are separated.
We need to give schools the powers and resources to properly crack down on bad behaviour, which can ruin the experience for a whole class and drive down the overall performance of a school.
I imagine that, at the moment, this issue is often still a long way away from people’s awareness and understanding; indeed, the behavioural changes that are required in some of these areas are quite significant.
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