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Having agreed that there has been a breach of the 2006 act, and in accordance with paragraph 9.43 of the guidance on the code of conduct, the committee must now decide whether to apply sanctions.
If the group's convener confirms that the value is above £250, the code of conduct will have been complied with, so the group would proceed in any event.The final proposed CPG is on housing.
Does Nicol Stephen not think that, as the former Deputy First Minister, he was bound by the same code of conduct that I followed to the letter as First Minister?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 February 2010
Defined as: 1981-1989: OPCS-3 291-292, 294-295, 296.9; 1989 to present: OPCS-4 G01-G05, G11, G13-G15, G17-G18, also G42-G44, G46 with operation site code Z27.1 to indicate oesophagus. 3.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 August 2009
Cases have been selected using the International Classification of Diseases 10th revision. (ICD10) codes: Y60.0 - Unintentional cut, puncture, perforation or haemorrhage during surgical operation.
For example, our compliance officer has daily discussions with Ofcom on different—and, indeed, new—parts of the code. When the code changes we seek advice, and we also regularly contribute to Ofcom’s consultations.
We should consider the social cost of the problem and the reasons why the code is not adhered to. We should consider what is needed to improve the voluntary code and, importantly, its enforcement, and whether it should be made mandatory.
Unless pressure is applied, retailers will not enforce the reasonable code of practice. The code is not utterly unreasonable; it just specifies parameters for displaying such material.
In 2003, we introduced the first biosecurity code in the UK. The code did not introduce legal sanctions, but it would be used in any prosecution of cases involving statutory breaches.