30th March 2012, 08:28 AM
serpentine Wrote:Kevin (notwithstanding that discussion has moved on a bit) - oh, I see. I am not sure whether a right to challenge exists but persistent enquiries may help with the wider issue you are actually aiming at. My understanding is that axing these services automatically places the relevant authorities in a position of non-compliance and that that is the gist of the CBA and IfA responses (possibly also ALGAO?). Obviously Unit will disagree, but without an in-house curator who's to say whether any pre-determination work is adequate consideration, even if Ken's point about forcing such work is followed to the letter?
I'd like to respond more sagely but it's late and I've been in the sun all day.
They wouldn't necessarily need to be in house, onlythat they have 'access'. I do remember working in a county a few years ago where they had gotten rid of the curators from the payroll, but brought them back in as consultants. The ex-county was rubbing his hands as he was charging them triple what his old wage was :face-approve: