(1) The board of a port authority must, after consultation with the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards, prepare and issue a code or codes of conduct setting out minimum standards of conduct and integrity to be observed by members of staff.

(2) In complying with subsection (1) a board is to have regard to the principles set out in section 9 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994.

(3) A board may, after consultation with the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards, amend any code of conduct in force under subsection (1) or revoke it and substitute a new code of conduct.

(4) In this section and in sections 22 and 23 ¾

}members of staff ~ includes the CEO.