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(1)The General Council shall prepare and from time to time publish a Code of Practice—
(a)laying down standards of conduct and practice expected of registered osteopaths; and
(b)giving advice in relation to the practice of osteopathy.
(2)It shall be the duty of the General Council to keep the Code under review and to vary its provisions whenever the Council considers it appropriate to do so.
(3)Before issuing the Code or varying it, the General Council shall consult such representatives of practising osteopaths as it considers appropriate.
(4)Where any person is alleged to have failed to comply with any provision of the Code, that failure—
(a)shall not be taken, of itself, to constitute unacceptable professional conduct on his part; but
(b)shall be taken into account in any proceedings against him under this Act.
(5)Any person who asks the General Council for a copy of the Code shall be entitled to have one on payment of such reasonable fee as the Council may determine.
(6)Subsection (5) is not to be taken as preventing the General Council from providing copies of the Code free of charge whenever it considers it appropriate.
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