Commentary on provisions of Act Section 3: Code of practice: procedure
Subsection (1) requires the Regulator when preparing the code of practice to consult those persons the Regulator considers appropriate. Subsection (2) requires that those consulted must include persons who are, or are likely to be, performing activities covered by the code.
	Subsection (3) provides that a draft of the code must be approved by the Secretary of State and laid before Parliament. The code cannot be published (and therefore cannot come into force) until the draft code has been approved by Parliament under the affirmative resolution procedure.
	Subsection (4) provides for the code to come into force on the day specified for that purpose.
	Subsection (5) specifies when alterations to the code come into force.
	Subsection (6) allows different parts of the code to come into force on different days.