5.—(1) Where the Department proposes to issue or amend a code of practice, it shall prepare a draft of the code (or amendment).
(2) The Department shall consult such persons about the draft as the Department thinks fit and shall consider any representations made by them.
(3) If the Department determines to proceed with the draft (either in its original form or with such modifications as the Department thinks fit), the Department shall issue the code or amendment to the code in the form of the draft and the code or amendment shall come into force on such day as the Department may by order appoint.