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3(1)The Commissioner must prepare and issue a code setting standards of conduct which those to whom the code applies are expected to meet.
(2)The code is to be known as the Code of Standards but is referred to in this Schedule as “the Code”.
(3)The Code is to apply to any person providing immigration advice or immigration services other than—
(a)a person who is authorised by a designated professional body to practise as a member of the profession whose members are regulated by that body;
(b)a person who works under the supervision of such a person; or
(c)a person mentioned in section 84(6).
(4)It is the duty of any person to whom the Code applies to comply with its provisions in providing immigration advice or immigration services.
(5)If the Commissioner alters the Code, he must re-issue it.
(6)Before issuing the Code or altering it, the Commissioner must consult—
(a)each of the designated professional bodies;
(b)the designated judges;
(c)the Lord President of the Court of Session;
(d)the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland; and
(e)such other persons appearing to him to represent the views of persons engaged in the provision of immigration advice or immigration services as he considers appropriate.
(7)The Commissioner must publish the Code in such form and manner as the Secretary of State may direct.
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