7th November 2005, 02:05 PM
Quote:quote:I must be reading the wrong ppg16 then.My copy clearly states that the IFA are responsible for maintaining standards-posted by Troll
PPG16 describes the IFA in Annex 1, "Key Bodies and Organisations", where it says amongst other things that the IFA is "concerned with defining and maintaining proper professional standards and ethics in field archaeology". That is a role that the IFA has taken onto itself at its own initiative, whether or not it is doing it well. The text in PPG16 is purely descriptive - it does not mandate (your word) the IFA to do anything. PPG16 is government policy, and the government has no power to give the IFA a mandate.
If you think that PPG16 isn't working properly, then blame the people who operate it - i.e. Planning Authorities (County, Local and Unitary), operating with the advice of the curators. Don't blame the IFA, which has no role in PPG16.
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