Sentences with phrase «representative bodies»

Native Title Representative Bodies (this inquiry was in addition to the four separate consultation processes on native title issues conducted by the Attorney - General's Department);

Advocating an Indigenous perspective on issues is a key function of all national Indigenous representative bodies.

It is suggested that a dialogue needs to begin between the various Aboriginal Land Councils, Representative Bodies under the Native Title Act and representatives of the stolen generations so that understanding can develop and progress made.

A transition period, 15 April 2007 to 30 June 2007, was set under the amendments to allow for the introduction of the changes to representative bodies.

The 1998 amendments to the Native Title Act (the NTA) subject Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRBs) to a process of re-recognition.

representative Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander bodies (representative bodies or NTRBs); and

Consultation and negotiation with Indigenous representatives and native title representative bodies is the most essential component of establishing legislation which meets Australia's obligations under CERD.

For the State and Territory level, it will be important to consider how to overcome the lack of clarity that existed between past national Indigenous representative bodies and State and Territory mechanisms by considering how best to interface with the new State / Territory mechanisms.

As is widely recognised, Native Title Representative Bodies and Prescribed Bodies Corporate are severely under - resourced.

Even where all peak or representative bodies, on both the Indigenous and non-Indigenous sides, agree to a particular course, a few individual parties may encourage the Court to progress differently.

[11] N Pearson, Where We've Come From and Where We're At with the Opportunity that is Koiki Mabo's Legacy to Australia, Mabo Lecture, Native Title Representative Bodies Conference, Alice Springs, 3 June 2003.

The administrative burdens faced by representative bodies when they are not provided with any additional funding to adjust to the changes.

They have argued that it would be more appropriate to utilise the existing representative bodies [namely, NTRBs] for the purpose of administering land which is the subject of native title determinations.

Experiences of past representative bodies, however, have highlighted the advantages, disadvantages and challenges of carrying out some functions and the tensions that result from undertaking multiple roles and functions.

Lessons learnt from past Indigenous representative bodies have shown that there are some aspects of a representative body that do not work well.

The review considered the quality of NTRBs strategic plans and the system for distributing funds to representative bodies.

We worked on the guidelines with Native Title Representative Bodies and land councils, industry groups, governments and native title experts around Australia.

Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRBs) the organisations which represent native title claimants in their claim for native title and in future act processes

In this regard there was a lack of clarity in the relationships between national representative bodies and State and Territory governmental structures.

streamline the process for withdrawing recognition from poorly - performing representative bodies and appointing a replacement body;

The research was published in an Issues Paper that looks at the lessons we can learn from past Australian experiences, what representative bodies are currently in place in Australia and overseas models of representation for indigenous peoples.

Several effective national representative bodies are based on delegates being nominated by member organisations.

Nonetheless, very shortly I will release the research in order to inform debate among Indigenous people and communities about the history of national representative bodies in Australia and the types of issues that we will have to grapple with in deciding what type of body will best meet our needs.

I am concerned that such short - term recognition periods may result in an erosion of the independence and security of representative bodies.

It is crucial to the operation of the Native Title Act, and the systems underpinning it, that representative bodies are set - up, maintained and resourced properly so that they are able to fully carry out their functions.

In a statement, the LSC says: «These issues are the subject of ongoing negotiations between the LSC, the Law Society and other representative bodies.

The body of research is still growing on the issue of violence and threats against lawyers but the findings of the various studies to date come together to send some clear messages to the legal community and their representative bodies:

This article is an attempt to illuminate an issue that should be afforded a higher level of priority within the Canadian law profession, as well as among its representative bodies.

She has close links with professionals and their representative bodies and is often instructed on uninsured and non-contentious matters.

The laws around payment under commercial contracts have recently been amended to allow certain representative bodies to challenge the use of «grossly unfair» payment terms and practices.

However, neither professional representative bodies (the Law Society & Bar Council) support the action and I understand that the Competition Authority has written to the CLPO threatening to seek an injunction preventing action (http://url.ie/dp65).

The commission gives no sign of considering this issue and, of course, the professional representative bodies will act only if forced to do so.

Last year BPS World spoke to business leaders, representative bodies and professionals in the recruitment and retention sectors in Europe, India, Australia and the USA.

Regulatory bodies should be expected to encourage open competition, subject to maintaining quality standards; representative bodies have a legitimate right to fight their corner, warning that the public may suffer if the market is opened too widely.

Our assistance in this area covers notably the preparation of the legally required economic reports, the presentation and negotiation of such reports with the staff representative bodies, the design, preparation, negotiation and follow - up of so - called Plans de Sauvegarde de l'Emploi (i.e. collective lay - off plans) and voluntary separation plans.

Yesterday, the LAA informed the representative bodies that it would be changing its approach to assessment of emergency certificates immediately.

They notably assist them in their relationship with the staff representative bodies, in the preparation of the so - called document unique d'évaluation des risques professionnels (i.e. an occupational risk assessment sheet that must record the risks related to the activities of the company), in the assessment of a specific employment practice or labor - related risk, etc..

What is clear from the responses generally to the consultation, is that the current system is not enough, and it must be made more robust and greater sanctions should be introduced to ensure compliance - this view was supported by two thirds of the respondents, which included legal professional and legal profession representative bodies.

The OTS wants to hear from individuals as well as professional advisers and representative bodies.

The Government announced on 30 November that it will launch its own consultation in Spring 2016 into removing barriers to entry for alternative business models and making legal service regulators independent from their representative bodies to encourage competition, better enabling, for example business such as supermarkets and estate agents to offer legal services such as conveyancing, probate and litigation.

A second example of the strong, if not vehement objections to the Taskforce's proposals came from a collective group of eight out of the 18 members of the Consultative Group and consisting, for the most part, of leaders of various Australian Law Societies (again, representative bodies that share regulatory authority with the independent Legal Services Commissions).

The representative bodies above have not responded to his call.

Not surprisingly the other representative bodies including the Law Society and the campaign group, the Justice Alliance, also expressed their support for Gove's decisions.

In the test case that came before the Supreme Court in 2010, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the Court held that it was constitutional to prohibit a group of humanitarian legal professionals (including a retired U.S. judge) «from engaging in certain specified activities, including training PKK members to use international law to resolve disputes peacefully; teaching PKK members to petition the United Nations and other representative bodies for relief; and engaging in political advocacy on behalf of Kurds living in Turkey and Tamils living in Sri Lanka.»

The American Bar Association (ABA) and both the English and Welsh legal representative bodies, as well as a consortium of international lawyers, spoke out, calling for the role of lawyers and the rule of law to be respected in the country.

The International and Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG) Series on Class and Group Actions has information for 21 jurisdictions on court procedures, time limits, remedies, costs, and funding for actions by representative bodies, and it includes a general chapter on EU cross-border actions for collective redress.

The LSC says it will sit down with service providers and representative bodies to revamp its BVT plans before it puts a new model out to consultation at the end of this year.

Representative bodies and Non-Governmental Organisations working with migrants will be meeting in central London on Monday 29 April in the evening to discuss the proposed «residence test».

I have long believed, certainly before we spoke so much about «communities», that if a professional publisher is to achieve its best, by all the relevant measures, it has to engage closely, intimately, regularly and consistently with the key member institutes, associations, societies and representative bodies in the market.

In the main this comes through speaking with those end users but to an extent the scope and breadth of understanding can come through developing a close working relationship with those who represent the end user, i.e. their professional and other representative bodies.