Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Code of Practice: consultation
5B
1
Before issuing or revising the code under section 5A, the House of Bishops must be satisfied that sufficient and appropriate consultation has been carried out.
2
In deciding whether it is satisfied for the purposes of subsection (1), the House of Bishops must, in particular, assess whether and, if so, to what extent it would be appropriate to consult the following—
a
persons, or groups of persons, who have suffered violence, abuse, neglect or exploitation in a setting or relationship to which the code applies;
b
the president or deputy president of tribunals;
c
the Standing Committee of the House of Clergy;
d
the Standing Committee of the House of Laity.
Ss. 5A-5C inserted (1.3.2022) by Safeguarding (Code of Practice) Measure 2021 (No. 3), ss. 1(1), 3(3); S.I. 2022/118, art. 2