Section 20 | Part-time work: code of practice.

(1)The Secretary of State may issue codes of practice containing guidance for the purpose of—

(a)eliminating discrimination in the field of employment against part-time workers;

(b)facilitating the development of opportunities for part-time work;

(c)facilitating the flexible organisation of working time taking into account the needs of workers and employers;

(d)any matter dealt with in the framework agreement on part-time work annexed to Council Directive 97/81/EC.

(2)The Secretary of State may revise a code and issue the whole or part of the revised code.

(3)A person’s failure to observe a provision of a code does not make him liable to any proceedings.

(4)A code—

(a)is admissible in evidence in proceedings before an employment tribunal, and

(b)shall be taken into account by an employment tribunal in any case in which it appears to the tribunal to be relevant.