The communities secretary said on BBC Radio London that he was prepared to force councils to comply with his department's code of practice on local authority publicity.
The report accuses some councils of breaching the Department for Communities and Local Government code of practice and recommends that the ministry set up a system to monitor the situation and tighten the rules so that councils must make clear – not only on the front page but throughout the newspaper – that they are local authority publications.
Mr Porter, who has been in his post for just over a year, has written to council chief executives to remind them of the law and code of practice.
"With regard to the USF1 team's non-participation in the 2010 championship, the world council mandated the FIA president, in full compliance with the new code of practice for disciplinary matters, to take forward the most appropriate action," it said.
The station's content director, Ollie Wards, said the decision to keep the date for 2017 followed "lots of discussions" with senior management at the ABC, which has impartiality enshrined in its code of practice, as well as a formal partnership with the Australia Day Council.
A code of practice is supported by Avon and Somerset Police, Bath Abbey, the council and the Bath Business Improvement District.
The recent synod vote approved the proposal for a code of practice for the benefit of those who object to women contributing to the senior councils of the church as bishops.
A revised code of practice produced by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education QAAA) in 2004, an emphasis by the funding councils on "timely" submission and qualification rates, and Hefce's plan to publish qualification rates by institution in the future, have all raised the profile of PhD programmes within universities and promoted good practice.
David Nutt abided by his code of practice.
Only a voluntary code of practice is being proposed.
A code of practice cannot enshrine theological conviction.
