Daniel Greenberg, PLC consultant:
The Government’s announcement on 13 September about the plans to extend the present Parliamentary Session until 2012, and the introduction of the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill, have a number of practical implications.
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07/09/2010
Public sector faces fines for not registering for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme in time
PLC Environment reports:
According to the Local Government Chronicle, only a third of the councils that are required to register for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme have done so already despite the deadline being 30 September this year.
For the uninitiated, the CRC is a new mandatory carbon trading scheme for the public and private sectors in the UK. The scheme came into operation on 1 April 2010 and organisations that fail to register by 30 September could face a fine of £5,000, plus an additional fine of £500 per working day of delay, up to a maximum of 80 working days. The maximum fine is £45,000. The scheme has generated an enormous amount of criticism and the new government has said it will review it, but in the meantime it’s full steam ahead.
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01/09/2010
LSC procurements under fire
PLC Public Sector reports:
The Legal Services Commission has been facing considerable criticism about its public procurement activities for some time. This past week has seen some of the highlighted issues come to the boil. It seems as though the LSC will either need to take a few steps backward or risk becoming familiar with the inside of the Royal Courts of Justice.
This week, we look at the issues facing the LSC and consider what other contracting authorities can learn from the latest developments.
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PLC Public Sector reports:
The recent decision of the High Court in Daventry District Council v Daventry & District Housing Limited is a reminder for parties of the importance of ensuring that contract terms properly reflect their understanding of what has been agreed.
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PLC Public Sector reports:
So it might still be August but the days are getting shorter, the evenings cooler and those lawyers left in the office are beginning to turn their minds to the implementation of the behemoth that is the Equality Act 2010, parts of which will begin to come into force from October 1 2010.
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