s 66 Codes of practice and guidelines
66.—(1) The Agency may, from time to time —(a) issue one or more codes of practice or guidelines applicable to service providers generally or particular types of service providers; (b) approve as a code of practice or guidelines applicable to service providers generally or particular types of service providers any document prepared by a person other than the Agency if the Agency considers the document as suitable for this purpose; or (c) amend or revoke any code of practice or guidelines issued under paragraph (a) or approved under paragraph (b), relating to any career, employment and training matters. (2) If any provision in any code of practice or guidelines is inconsistent with any provision of this Act, such provision, to the extent of the inconsistency —(a) is to have effect subject to the provisions of this Act; or (b) having regard to the provisions of this Act, is not to have effect. (3) Where any code of practice or guidelines are issued, approved, amended or revoked by the Agency under subsection (1), the Agency must —(a) publish a notice of the issue, approval, amendment or revocation (as the case may be) of the code of practice or guidelines in any manner that will secure adequate publicity for such issue, approval, amendment or revocation; (b) specify in the notice referred to in paragraph (a) the date of issue, approval, amendment or revocation, as the case may be; and (c) ensure that, so long as the code of practice or guidelines remain in force, copies of the code of practice or guidelines, and of all amendments to the code of practice or guidelines, are available for inspection by any service provider. (4) No code of practice or guidelines, no amendment to an approved code of practice or guidelines, and no revocation of any such approved code of practice or guidelines has any force or effect as an approved code of practice or guidelines until the notice relating to the code of practice or guidelines is published in accordance with subsection (3). (5) Any code of practice or guideline issued or approved under this section does not have legislative effect.