Section 9: Declaration of compulsory code of practice
consolidated text (as at 2007, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
9. Declaration of compulsory code of practice
(1) Where the Minister intends to declare a compulsory code of practice,
he shall give notice of his intention and publish a provisional code of practice
in the Gazette.
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(2) Any interested person may—
(a) on written application, inspect the particulars of a provisional
code of practice at the Ministry responsible for the subject of
consumer protection;
(b) within 3 months from the publication of a notice under subsection (1), lodge with the Minister a written objection or representation concerning the provisional code of practice.
(3) The Minister may, after 6 months from the publication of the notice
under subsection (1) and after giving due consideration to any objection or
representation, by regulations, declare a compulsory code of practice.
(4) Where a compulsory code of practice has been declared under subsection (3), no person concerned at any stage of the production or supply of
goods or services to which the code refers shall act in breach of the compulsory code of practice.