While the Board of Health did approve the trans-fat ban, the City Council later voted 47-1 to incorporate the ban into the administrative code, providing express legislative approval of the board's actions.

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The ICC Code of Conduct outlines a minimum ban of one year and maximum of five years for any individual who fails to disclose an approach from another person to his captain or to his team manager or to a senior board official or to the ICC's officials.

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Under the World Anti-Doping Code, athletes can get as much as a 75% reduction of a ban if they provide the kind of substantial help to antidoping authorities that enables them to build cases against others.

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The code of practice includes checking host families, curfew times, an alcohol ban and guidelines on transport.

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Tennis complies with the World Anti-Doping Authority's code, which recommends a two-year ban for possession of prohibited substances.

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