Example sentences of "[noun] of a [noun pl] authority " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as the police part of the Bill is concerned , the er Government er under considerable pressure from erm er er members on their own side er as well as from these benches , have made the er very welcome concession that the chairman of a police authority shall no longer be appointed er by the Secretary of State , by the Home Secretary , but elected from among the members of the police authority er they have also made provision that the er er er i in response to the er criticisms that were made at second reading that the size of the p of a police authority shall no longer be limited to er sixteen members but could er by er order of the Secretary of State be extended to er twenty er er er twenty-four members . |
| 2 | Amendment thirty-one confirms that a chairman of a police authority will be elected by the authority itself , instead of being appointed by the Home Secretary As Noble Lord , Lord has already said . |
| 3 | We have seen charts that describe the organisational chart of a police authority and yet miss off the lowly police constable . |
| 4 | But it has always been recognised that , where individuals desire that services of a special kind which , though not within the obligations of a police authority , can most effectively be rendered by them , should be performed by members of the police force , the police authorities may ( to use an expression which is found in the Police Pensions Act 1890 ) ‘ lend ’ the services of constables for that purpose in consideration of payment . |
| 5 | First I believe if we are going to seek a broader approach to the problems of law and order , I feel we need a broader electorate than the existing members of a police authority . |
| 6 | Er in very briefly and I shall er expand the argument a min in a minute , my amendments five , eight and eleven provide that the size of a police authority should no longer be restricted to sixteen members , but should be er er by order er a somewhere between sixteen and twenty-four members and that two-thirds of those members should be er appoint er er amen appoint appointed by local authorities in the area concerned . |
| 7 | As a member of a police authority , I welcome the fact the Government has withdrawn its earlier ill-judged proposal , that authority Chairman should be appointed by Home Sec by the Home Secretary and that the size of authority should be standardised but the other main thrust of the Government 's proposal remains , namely the balance and composition of authorities and these points are of the gravest constitutional importance . |