New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ACT 1989 - SECT 35

35 Codes of ethics

(1) The Council is to develop codes of ethics which deal with the standards of conduct and practice to be adopted by entertainment industry representatives, entertainment industry employers and performers.

(2) A code of ethics may:

(a) be developed for a particular section or part of a section of the entertainment industry, and

(b) be amended by the Council from time to time.

(3) In developing or amending a code of ethics, the Council is:

(a) to consult with persons and sections of the entertainment industry that have, in the opinion of the Council, an interest in the content of the code of ethics, and

(b) to refer to the published rulings (if any) of the Complaints Committee.

(4) A breach of a code of ethics may be the subject of a complaint to the Council for reference to the Complaints Committee under Part 3.

(5) The Council is required to publish in the Gazette any code of ethics or amendment of any code of ethics.

(6) In this section, a reference to the amendment of a code of ethics includes a reference to the substitution of the code of ethics.