Part 7: Language Requirements for Public Sector Workers Section 80: Duty to issue codes of practice
This section requires the relevant Minister to issue and keep in force one or more codes of practice for the purposes of the duty in section 77. Subsection (2) lists the information that a code of practice must address including – the requisite standard of spoken English; how any failures to meet that standard can be dealt with; procedures for dealing with complaints for a breach of the duty in section 77; and how public authorities are to comply with that duty and their other legal obligations. The section also gives the relevant Minister discretion to make appropriate provision in the code to ensure the duty is complied with. The code’s provisions may relate to all, or specific public authorities, and may be different for different public authorities.