12th March 2006, 12:05 PM
As I understand it the reason the IFA has no legal standing is because it is not a chartered institute. Until it is charted it cannot legally insist that all archaeological works are carried out by its members.
The only way around this is, I believe, writing into briefs/specs that the work be carried out according to IFA standards, whether the archaeologist(s) are members/RAOs or not. This would then mean that if the work was not carried out according to these standards, a complaint could be made to the county archaeologist/curator in the case of non-IFA members, (IFA members could of course ALSO be reported to the IFA for any breach of standards).
"a pound of shelled peanuts was handsome pay by any apes standards" Pratchett 1998
The only way around this is, I believe, writing into briefs/specs that the work be carried out according to IFA standards, whether the archaeologist(s) are members/RAOs or not. This would then mean that if the work was not carried out according to these standards, a complaint could be made to the county archaeologist/curator in the case of non-IFA members, (IFA members could of course ALSO be reported to the IFA for any breach of standards).
"a pound of shelled peanuts was handsome pay by any apes standards" Pratchett 1998