Sentences with phrase «holding public bodies»

To «re-invigorate our democracy» reform of the House of Lords would turn it into a wholly or mainly elected second chamber; there would be greater devolution of power to local communities; and greater opportunities would be created for holding public bodies accountable.

Governments may find them frustrating, but they remain a critical part of our constitutional arrangements in holding public bodies to account.

Not exact matches

But for the past thirty - four years, the people of Virginia's 10th Congressional District, and indeed the people of the United States, have had a true public servant in Frank Wolf, whose convictions graced the office he held and ennobled the legislative body in which he served.

These perceived barriers include the difficulty and embarrassment of breastfeeding in public, the problem of maintaining personal identity whilst breastfeeding and general attitudes towards breastfeeding and women's bodies in wider society — as well as those held by mothers, fathers and families.

The Legislature will hold a public hearing on the proposed law before the full body votes.

He knows he can't go wrong in the eyes of the public by attacking the body politic in this country, that it holds no risks, and that's why he has done it.

People should be able to hold politicians and public bodies to account over how their hard earned cash is being spent and decisions made on their behalf.

They are education policy advisory bodies that have a number of important responsibilities, including reviewing and evaluating a district's educational programs, approving zoning lines and holding public hearings.

CECs are the local representative bodies that help inform education policy decision making and have been highlighted during the «Mayoral Control Forums» held by Public Advocate Letitia James in recent weeks.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) decided today to launch legal action with other unions against the government over unilateral changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme and hold a strike ballot amongst 270,000 PCS members working for the civil service and its related bodies

Almost 250,000 members who work in government departments and its related bodies will hold a half - day walkout on April 5, the Public and Commercial Services union said.

The schedule of meetings of public bodies in Niagara Falls government this week: The City Council will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, followed by a legislative meeting at 6 in Council Chambers in City Hall, 745 Main St.. The Financial Advisory Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Room 117 in City Hall.

The Orleans body called on state legislators to hold public hearings on gun control violence, seeking «meaningful» solutions.

The schedule of meetings of public bodies in Niagara Falls government this week: The City Council will hold a special meeting at 4 p.m. Monday to vote on an override of the state tax cap for the 2016 budget.

According to Wilber, the rule holds that if a public body should act on a matter before it, but can not because it lacks a quorum as a result of recusals, all recusals should be nullified or suspended.

The schedule of meetings of public bodies in Niagara Falls government this week: The Niagara Falls Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the authority's executive offices, 744 10th St.. The Niagara Falls City Council will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, followed by a legislative meeting at 6 in Council Chambers in...

The schedule of meetings of public bodies in Niagara Falls government this week: The City Council will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, followed by a legislative meeting at 6 in Council Chambers in City Hall, 745 Main St.. The Zoning Board of Appeals will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers in City Hall.

The schedule of meetings of public bodies in Niagara Falls government this week: The City Council will hold a budget review session with representatives of the police and fire departments at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers in City Hall, 745 Main St.. The Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the authority's executive offices, 744 10th...

The schedule of meetings of public bodies in Niagara Falls government this week: The Tourism Advisory Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in Room 117 in City Hall, 745 Main St.. The Water Board will hold a work session at 5 p.m. Thursday at the municipal water plant, 5815 Buffalo Ave.

The schedule of meetings of public bodies in Niagara Falls government this week: The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday in Council Chambers in City Hall, 745 Main St.. The board will consider a request for a «use variance» that would allow the former Nabisco warehouse on Buffalo Avenue to reopen as a warehouse to store cardboard.

The schedule of meetings of public bodies in Niagara Falls this week: The Niagara Falls Water Board will hold a work session at 5 p.m. Thursday in the water treatment plant, 5815 Buffalo Ave.

Charter schools, the one type of public school that is actually being held to account by authorizing bodies, are now threatened with closure if they don't perform to standards other public schools can safely ignore.

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) holds academy trusts to account as central government public bodies for their finances and OFSTED holds them to account for academies» teaching.

Because it is increasingly rare for legislative bodies to enact spending bills before the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1, school districts, worried about their financial vulnerability and needing to comply with personnel notification deadlines (usually in April or May), issue layoff notices and hold mandatory public hearings, even if the probability of actual personnel layoffs is slender.

The panel discussion, «Diverse Schools: Opportunities and Challenges in Integrating NYC's Public Schools,» will be held at Brooklyn Law School, 250 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY, from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Panelists will share their perspectives on, and experiences with, developing schools with diverse student bodies.

Like Rhode Island's other public bodies, charter schools are also held to high standards of accountability and transparency.

To ensure equal admission opportunities, Rhode Island's charter public schools hold blind lotteries on March 1 each year to determine their student bodies for the upcoming school year.

Skrmetta holds monthly public meetings in the parishes he represents on the LPSC, the state's regulatory body for utility companies.

Some public bodies, such as councils, may have rules that prevent you from holding office with them.

You may still be able to hold public office, although some public bodies may have their own rules preventing this.

The Governing Body of the Township of Randolph will further consider the Ordinance for second reading and final passage thereof at their regular meeting to be held on September 4, 2014 at 7 p.m. prevailing time, at the Municipal Building, 502 Millbrook Avenue, Randolph, New Jersey 07869, at which time and place a public hearing will be heard thereon by the Governing Body and all parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard concerning said Ordinance.

2013 Art Public: Only One Like You, curated by Nicolas Baume, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL Pataphysics (A Theoretical Exhibition), Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY Body is Present, Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts, Ramapo College, NJ Hold on Her, (performance), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH All Good Things, SOMA Arts, San Francisco, CA Remainder, curated by Lauren Ross, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma The Lobby Project, City Center, New York, NY Sisyphus: Heroism of the Absurd, Arte Actual, Quito, Ecuador If Color, then also Dimension; If Flatness, then Texture, etc., LMCC at Governor's Island, New York, NY Object Focus: The Bowl, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR Paint Things: Beyond the Stretcher, Decordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA In Praise of Chance and Failure, Family Business, New York, NY There Is No Place Like Home, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers, Newark, NJ Only as Signal Show, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA No Sun Without Shadow, Lu Magnus, New York, NY Unfolding Tales: Selections from the Contemporary Collection, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

The first body of work continues a long - held interest in crime, social marginalisation, and the public and private institutions of punishment and security.

The space where I am located and currently seated is part of a body of things, which reaching outward become public — it is here I find many more arms reaching to hold and fighting the urge to let go (from the weight of these things) in the endless struggle for democratic life.

There was no established body to compare with the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture that Jean - Baptiste Colbert had established in France, and no public exhibitions of recent paintings along the lines of the Paris salons, held every other year.

«Action for Climate Empowerment is about transforming values and behaviors; enhancing public participation in climate change decision - making and action; fostering access to information, empowering new generations,» said Emmanuel Dlamini, Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, a key body holding negotiations here in Bonn until 10 Body for Implementation, a key body holding negotiations here in Bonn until 10 body holding negotiations here in Bonn until 10 May.

Other than an application to hold the ring for a short period in a very urgent situation, it is difficult to envisage any circumstances in which the public body should not be given the chance to make representations before substantive interim relief is granted.

Accused went to cottage of JC with whom she previously cohabited — Accused found JC with victim, another lady, in sauna — Angry words were exchanged between accused and JC — Victim testified that accused pushed her following verbal exchange, as a result victim lost balance and ended up against stove, thereby sustaining serious burns to body — Trial judge accepted victim's evidence that there was some kind of pushing — Accused convicted on one count of assault causing bodily harm, and sentenced to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, accused was also ordered to provide DNA sample pursuant to s. 487.04 of Criminal Code — Accused appealed — Appeal against sentence was allowed — Trial judge erred in concluding that discharge was not appropriate in circumstances, especially given conclusion that accused did not deliberately attempt to injure victim — Trial judge found that there was no need for either specific deterrence or general deterrence; prime concern was need for denunciation of her conduct — Section 730 of Criminal Code permits discharge in cases of this nature, provided that it was in best interest of accused and not contrary to public interest — Accused was responsible individual with no record whatsoever, she held position as counsellor and social worker for 25 years — Trial judge did not find that conviction would definitely affect her employment, but possibility existed, and such conviction would necessarily result in criminal record — There was no likelihood of re-offending — Conditional discharge would not be contrary to public interest.

In his Judgment, Justice Burnett of the Divisional Court held that the «no real risk» test laid down in by the House of Lords in Bolkiah v KPMG [1999] 2 AC 222 was inapplicable since it was ``... inappropriate to equate a public body exercising statutory powers in connection with suspected crime with a solicitor who proposes to act against his former client.»

Rather than equating the FSA's reliance on the privileged material with the public law concept of taking into account an irrelevant matter, the judge held that it was more accurate to consider the error as equivalent to a judicial or administrative body acting, in part, on inadmissible evidence.

Held: public bodies were not immune from the ordinary application of the common law, including the law of confidentiality.

On the first point, the Court holds that the DVGW was a non-profit, private - law body which was not financed by Germany, nor had public bodies any decisive influence over its standardisation and certification activities (para 24).

This case does bear some similarities with two other cases (case 222/82 Apple and Pear Development Council and case 249/81 Buy Irish) and the question is whether the situation in Fra.bo is different from that in Apple and Pear Development Council, where the Court held that article 34 TFEU could be invoked against a body that represented fruit growers not formally part of government but which had certain public law privileges, and the Buy Irish case.

Confidential information held by public bodies for public purposes should be treated with the utmost care in accordance with statutory conditions, warns Nicholas Dobson

Fourthly, the emphasis of regulatory bodies must on protecting the public interest, and the degree of risk in permitting persons to hold themselves out as authorized to practice his profession.

Lord Dyson, the Master of the Rolls, held that the term «public expenditure» in section 9 Education Act 1996 bears its natural meaning, i.e. any expenditure incurred by a public body, and it could not be restricted to expenditure in the provision of education.

Compliance with the Data Protection Act is a key concern for public bodies wanting to share personal data, or use the data they hold in innovative ways.

But, it is not entitled to have a public regulatory body, that is supposed to act in the public interest, publicly endorse their privately held beliefs and discriminatory practices.

On February 16th, the Newfoundland Supreme Court — Trial Division, held that the Newfoundland Information and Privacy Commissioner can not require a public body to produce records claimed to be exempt from public access as subject to solicitor - client privilege.

Professional pay for professional work continues to be a goal for registered early childhood educators who have a specialized body of knowledge in early childhood and are held accountable to the public through a regulatory body.