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We can always give advice to the extent that matters are covered by the code of conduct and the guidance. Obviously, it is easier to give advice if there is better guidance in place.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 November 2009
Although we consider the code of practice to be the principal document, the bill also provides for guidance on the duty to be issued, and amendments 11 to 13 seek to require publication of ministerial directions, guidance and the code of practice.
They can say no. I want to move on to the lending code. Paragraph 3.2 of that code says:“Object(s) shall not be on loan for a period longer than three years except where Object(s) are part of a tour where a longer period is required”.Under what circumstances would a longer period be required?
Fairhurst has produced a very telling plot that identifies the areas that are overstressed or that would not satisfy current codes of loading, and it colours in almost all of the bridge.
However, under the law in Wales and within the code of practice, there are clear expectations about what can be done if somebody has not joined the organ donor register but has clearly made their wishes known to their family.
Committees sit for years devising safety codes. You might end up having the sheriff in Forfar deciding on some recommendation that would acquire legal force.