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helpful.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignright size-full is-resized"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="600" height="611" src="https://www.countermetrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/code-of-practice.svg" alt="Code of Practice" class="wp-image-1317" style="width:300px"/></figure></div></div> </div> <div style="height:100px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-group light-grey-bg"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <div style="height:60px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-large-font-size">Current Codes of Practice</h2> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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