15Codes of practice: supplementalE+W+S
(1)The Commission may revise a code issued under section 14; and a reference in this section or in that section to the issue of a code shall be treated as including a reference to the revision of a code.
(2)The 40 day period specified in section 14(8)—
(a)shall begin with the date on which the draft is laid before both Houses (or, if laid before each House on a different date, with the later date), and
(b)shall be taken not to include a period during which—
(i)Parliament is prorogued or dissolved, or
(ii)both Houses are adjourned for more than four days.
(3)A code issued under section 14 may be revoked by the [F1Minister]F1, at the request of the Commission, by order.
(4)A failure to comply with a provision of a code shall not of itself make a person liable to criminal or civil proceedings; but a code—
(a)shall be admissible in evidence in criminal or civil proceedings, and
(b)shall be taken into account by a court or tribunal in any case in which it appears to the court or tribunal to be relevant.
(5)Subsection (4)(b) does not apply in relation to a code issued under section 14(4).
(6)The [F1Minister]F1 may by order amend section 14 so as to vary the range of matters that codes of practice under that section may address.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 15(3)(6): "Minister" substituted (12.10.2007) for "Secretary of State" in each place by The Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2914), art. 8, Sch. para. 16(e)