Payments to Suppliers SCS complies with the CBI prompt payment code and is committed to the prompt payment of bills for goods and services received. Payments are normally made as specified in the contract. If there is no contractual provision or other understanding they are due to be made within 30 days of the receipt of the goods and services, or presentation of a valid invoice or similar demand, whichever is later. Employee Involvement SCS encourages staff involvement in the day to day running of its activities through normal line management contacts. There is a staff suggestion scheme to encourage original ideas and a weekly circular that is used to disseminate information.
Staff have access to welfare services and trade union membership.
These accounts have been audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General whose Certificate and Report appears on pages 58 and 59. In future, the audit will be by auditors appointed by the Auditor General for Scotland. The accounts are prepared on an accruals basis and must give a true and fair view of the Agency's state of affairs at the year-end and of its income and expenditure, recognised gains and losses and cash flows for the financial year. The Accounting Officer of the Scottish Executive Justice Department has designated the Chief Executive of the Scottish Court Service as the Accounting Officer for the Agency. His relevant responsibilities as Accounting Officer, including responsibility for the propriety and regularity of the public finances and for the keeping of proper records, are set out in the Accounting Officers' Memorandum issued by the Principal Accounting Officer of the Scottish Executive and published in Government Accounting.