Introductory text

under section 201(1) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992^f1 (“the 1992 Act”) the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (“the Service”) may revise the whole or any part of a Code of Practice issued by the Service, for the purpose of bringing it into conformity with statutory provisions coming into force after the code was issued, by the making of consequential amendments and the omission of obsolete passages;

in pursuance of section 201(2) of the 1992 Act the Service proposed to revise the whole of the Code of Practice on Disciplinary Practice and Procedures in Employment which came into force on 20th June 1977^f2, and has transmitted the draft revised Code of Practice (“the draft Code”) to the Secretary of State;

in pursuance of section 201(2) of the 1992 Act, the Secretary of State has laid the draft Code before both Houses of Parliament, and 40 days have elapsed, beginning with the day on which the draft Code was laid before Parliament;

in pursuance of section 201(4) of the 1992 Act, neither House having resolved that no further proceeding should be taken on the draft Code, the Service is issuing the Code of Practice on Disciplinary Practice and Procedures in Employment in the form of the draft;