The Committee of Advertising Practice has announced the publication of the final forms of the new CAP and BCAP Codes, following the conclusion of a lengthy public consultation to which 30,000 responses were received. The Codes are published at www.cap.org.uk (www.cap.org.uk) and will come into force on 1 September 2010. A more detailed review will follow shortly.

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The original publication date for this article was 17/03/2010.