Scottish Ministerial Code: 2024 Edition

Footnotes

1 See Civil Service Code

2 See Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 Code of Conduct

3 See Code of Conduct for MSPs

4 See Civil Service Code

5 See Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 Code of Conduct

6 See Cabinet Office - civil servants and party conferences

7 See The Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000

8 See Scottish Public Finance Manual

9 See Terms of Reference of the Independent Advisers on the Scottish Ministerial Code

10 See Terms of Reference for the Independent Advisers on the Scottish Ministerial Code

11 See Code of Conduct for MSPs

12 For full details, see the Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament available at: MSPs Code of Conduct

13 See MSPs Code of Conduct

14 References to constituency work also include regional MSPs' work on behalf of their electorates.

15 See Propriety Guidance

16 See Special Advisers Code of Conduct

17 See Parliamentary Ombudsman

18 The Planning Minister is the Minister responsible for taking a decision on behalf of Scottish Ministers collectively on planning cases (including planning permission, listed building consents and energy consents) that have been referred to the Scottish Government.

19 See HM Treasury and Information Commissioner, High Court [2009] EWHC 1811. See also Erskine May Parliamentary Practice 23^rd Edition 2004, page 443.

20 See Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 - appointments to the Civil Service

21 See Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles

22 See Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies in Scotland

23 See National Public Bodies Directory

24 See Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 - Special Advisers

25 See Special Advisers Code of Conduct

26 See Code of Conduct for MSPs

27 See Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament

28 See Lobbying Register

29 See Propriety Guidance

30 See UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice

31 See Pre release access to Statistics

32 See Key Principles of the Scottish Parliament

33 Good Practice Guidance on Announcements by the Scottish Government

34 See Directory of Civil Service Guidance, Volume 2: Collected Guidance, page 41: Ministerial Memoirs: The Radcliffe Rules and their application: Directory of Civil Service Guidance

35 For full details, see the Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament available at: MSPs Code of Conduct