Commentary on Sections Part 5 – Funeral Directors Section 97 – Funeral director: code of practice
256.Subsection (1) provides that a funeral director must comply with any new or revised codes of practice issued by Scottish Ministers in relation to the carrying out of a funeral director’s functions.
257.Under subsection (2), the Scottish Ministers will be required to consult with funeral directors and any other relevant parties before issuing a funeral director’s code or revising an existing code.
258.Subsection (3) requires the Scottish Ministers to lay a draft of the funeral director’s code before the Scottish Parliament, after taking account of any representations made by virtue of subsection (2). A funeral director’s code may not be issued until it has been approved by a resolution of the Scottish Parliament. Subsection (5) requires the Scottish Ministers to publish such a code in such manner as they consider appropriate, and subsection (6) requires the Scottish Ministers to keep any code of practice under review. Subsection (7) provides that references to a funeral director’s code also include references to a revised code.