[F160ASafety measures: codes of practiceS
(1)The Scottish Ministers may, for the purposes of section 60, and following consultation with such persons as they consider appropriate, issue or approve codes of practice giving practical guidance as to the matters mentioned in that section.
(2)A code of practice under subsection (1) must be published in such manner as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate as soon as reasonably practicable after it is issued or approved.
(3)If (and in so far as) a person complies with such a code of practice, the person is to be taken to comply with the requirements imposed on the person by section 60(1) or, as the case may be, (3A).
(4)A failure to comply with such a code of practice is evidence of a failure to comply with the requirements imposed on the person by section 60(1) or, as the case may be, (3A).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 60A inserted (10.1.2022) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), ss. 115(3), 130(2) (with s. 126); S.S.I. 2021/428, reg. 2, sch.