Code of conduct
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144.—(1) The Scottish Ministers may approve a code regulating the conduct and discipline of officers and employees, or such categories of officers and employees as may be specified in the code.
(2) Any code approved by the Scottish Ministers in terms of paragraph (1) may include provision regulating—
(a)the procedures which may be invoked where it is suspected that the acts or omissions of an officer or employee may constitute misconduct;
(b)the disciplinary action which may be taken against an officer or employee where it is found that the acts or omissions of an officer or employee constitute misconduct; and
(c)the rights of appeal of any such officer or employee.