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Codes Of Practice And Legislation: Guidance

Volume 491: debated on Monday 11 January 1988

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asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether guidance is available to government departments on the use of codes of practice in statutory provisions.

I have today placed in the Library of both Houses a copy of a note of guidance on the content and legal effect of statutory codes of practice. This guidance will be made available within government both to the parliamentary draftsmen and to those framing legislative proposals.