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Regulation 12 Codes of conduct

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Each local education authority shall draw up a code of conduct which sets out measures to ensure consistency in the issuing of penalty notices, including —

(a)

means of avoiding the issue of duplicate notices;

(b)

measures to ensure that a notice is not issued when proceedings for an offence under section 444 of the Act are contemplated or have been commenced by the local education authority;

(c)

the occasions when it will be appropriate to issue a penalty notice for an offence;

(d)

a maximum number of penalty notices that may be issued to one parent in any twelve month period; and

(e)

arrangements for co-ordination between the local education authority, neighbouring local education authorities where appropriate, the police and authorised officers.