(1)Food Standards Scotland must so far as reasonably practicable operate in a way which—
(a)is proportionate, transparent and accountable,
(b)constitutes good decision-making practice,
(c)develops and maintains effective links with the persons mentioned in subsection (3), and
(d)is consistent with any other principle of good governance which appears to it to constitute best practice.
(2)“Good decision-making practice” means—
(a)consulting people who may be affected by decisions before taking them,
(b)having good information on which to take decisions and taking decisions based on that information,
(c)recording decisions and the reasons for them, and
(d)making decisions and the reasons for them publicly available.
(3)The persons referred to in subsection (1)(c) are—
(a)the Scottish Ministers,
(b)public bodies and office-holders with functions in relation to food matters or animal feeding stuffs matters.
Commencement Information
I1S. 4 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2