PART 4 CODES OF CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS OF OTHER BODIES

32 Codes of conduct for members of certain Scottish public authorities

1

Ministers shall issue (and may revise or reissue) a code or codes in respect of the conduct of members of such Scottish public authorities as are specified by Ministers by order.

2

Where Ministers issue more than one such code, those codes may provide differently in respect of the members of different such authorities.

3

Ministers shall, when preparing provisions for a code under this section, have regard to the members’ model code.

4

Ministers shall not, in an order under this section, specify any authority which is a devolved public body.

5

Ministers may, in such an order, define “member” for the purposes of this section and may do so differently in relation to different authorities.

6

It is the duty of a member of an authority to which a code under this section applies to have regard to the provisions of the code in the carrying out of the member’s functions and activities as such.

7

An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

8

In this section, “Ministers”, “devolved public body” and “members’ model code” have the same meanings as in Parts 1 to 3 of this Act.