Scottish Ministerial Code: 2023 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 HM Treasury and Information Commissioner, High Court [2009] EWHC 1811. See also Erskine May Parliamentary Practice 23^rd Edition 2004, page 443.

5. eg. the Cooperation Agreement between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Green Party Parliamentary Group

6. See Key Principles of the Scottish Parliament

7. Good Practice Guidance on Announcements by the Scottish Government

8. See Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament

9. See Code of Conduct for MSPs

10. See Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 - Special Advisers

11. See Special Advisers Code of Conduct

12. See Lobbying Register

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

14. See Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles

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

16. See National Public Bodies Directory

17. See Civil Service Code

18. See Constitutional Reform and Civil Governance Act 2010 Code of Conduct

19. See The Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000

20. See Scottish Public Finance Manual

21. See Cabinet Office - civil servants and party conferences

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

23. See Propriety Guidance

24. See Special Advisers Code of Conduct

25. See Parliamentary Ombudsman

26. 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.

27. See MSPs Code of Conduct

28. See Propriety Guidance

29. 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

30. See UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice

31. See Pre release access to Statistics

32. See Code of Conduct for MSPs

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

34. See Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

35. The Seven Principles of Public Life were first published in the first report of the Nolan Committee on Standards in Public Life (May 1995). The accompanying narrative was revised by the Committee in Standards Matter: A review of best practice in promoting good behaviour in public life (January 2013). See: Standards Matter: A review of best practice in promoting good behaviour in public life