Update Code of Practice
On the 3rd July 2013 Dib-Unite received the following email from the Registrar;
The revised version of the Code of Practice will be published today.
I note your concerns and have duly taken on board your suggestion that the word “all” should be removed. I have, however, not moved the list of associations up to the beginning of the document as I want the emphasis to be on the code itself, not those associations that have signed up to it.
The revised code remains voluntary. Nonetheless I do believe that it’s a framework within which all instructors should work.
I have also now seen your email of 29 June about civil sanctions. There is no intention of making the code mandatory. Even if there were, this could only be achieved by extending the regulatory framework, which would require an impact assessment and consultation. I should, therefore, also make clear that the concept of civil sanctions set out in the MDT consultation is not related in any way to the introduction of the revised code. Civil sanctions are becoming an integral part of modern regulations and the consultation is simply exploring the level of support for their introduction. I’d want to continue to work with you and the other associations on the detail if the consultation shows that they are supported.
Regards
Mark
Mark Magee | Registrar & Director
So the CoP has now been adopted by the DSA and those ADI associations that have endorsed it.
Both Dib-Unite and DIDU are still opposed and have produced the following statement;
The following statement has been written by Barry Kenward, DIDU Chairman and agreed by Dib-Unite.