Annex D
MAFF TRIBUNALS PUBLISHED IN PUBLIC BODIES
1998
MAFF has four tribunal NDPBs listed in "Public
Bodies 1998". Two of these Tribunals are moribund:
— Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal [not
convened since 1994]
— Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunals
[not convened since 1984]
The following details provide the information
required on how many, and which bodies:
1. Are required to publish Annual Reports:
None of the Tribunals are required to publish
Annual Reports.
2. Are required to publish annual accounts:
None of the Tribunals are required to publish
annual accounts.
3. Are subject to full audit by the National
Audit Office, Audit Office for Northern Ireland, Audit Commission
or Accounts Commission (in Scotland):
Both active Tribunals. The financial and other
records of the MAFF tribunals are held by MAFF and thus subject
to full audit by NAO.
— Agricultural Land Tribunals
— Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal for
England and Wales
4. Are under the jurisdiction of the Parliamentary
Ombudsman or other Ombudsman and/or have their own complaints
procedures:
None of the Tribunals come under the jurisdiction
of the Parliamentary Ombudsman or other Ombudsman, neither do
they have a complaints procedure.
5. Are required to observe the Code of Practice
on Access to Government Information:
Both active Tribunals are required to observe
the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
— Agricultural Land Tribunals
— Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal for
England and Wales
6. Allow the public to inspect a Register
of Members' Interests:
None of the Tribunals allow the public to inspect
a Register of Members' Interests [see 11 below].
7. Are subject to a public right to attend
Board or Committee meetings and are obliged to release reports
of meetings:
None of the Tribunals are subject to such a
right.
8. Are subject to a public right to inspect
agendas of meetings:
None of the Tribunals are subject to such a
right.
9. Are subject to a public right to see minutes
of meetings:
None of the Tribunals are subject to such a
right.
10 Are required to hold public meetings:
None of the Tribunals are subject to such a
requirement.
11. Already possess a Register of Members'
Interests:
None of the Tribunals possess, or are required
to possess a Register of Members' Interests.
12. Maintain an Internet Website:
None of the Tribunals maintain an Internet website.
13. Have recently been subject to a quinquennial
review:
The four Tribunals have recently been subject
to a quinquennial review in line with the review programme.
— Agricultural Land Tribunals [review
in progress]
— Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal [reviewed
in 1994-95 and to be reviewed in 1999-2000]
— Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal for
England and Wales [review in progress]
— Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal
[reviewed in 1997-98]
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