Codes of Practice need to be more influenced by consumers and better integrated into the legal system

To date, 42 trade association voluntary codes have been supported by the OFT. The British Code of Advertising and Sales Promotion Practice (BCASPP) are outside this scheme as it is not developed by a relevant association. We have already noted that placing this code under the supervision of the OFT may be one way of ensuring closer integration of that code with the legal system.