tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post6163996215197906897..comments2024-03-28T09:08:50.733+00:00Comments on Law and Lawyers: Prayers at Council meetings ...ObiterJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-36679952072816426942012-06-13T15:18:54.073+01:002012-06-13T15:18:54.073+01:00Point of order - section 2 of the Localism Act sta...Point of order - section 2 of the Localism Act states that "If exercise of a pre-commencement power of a local authority is subject to restrictions, those restrictions apply also to exercise of the general power so far as it is overlapped by the pre-commencement power."<br /><br />In other words the "general power" granted does not overrule s111 such that councils can still only act to facilitate the discharge of its duties.<br /><br />Or to put in another way section 1 is simply a repeat of s111 without the explicit restrictions which are still held over from s111 via section 2.<br /><br />Con-job methinks?FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-22629141464994736352012-06-07T09:49:30.256+01:002012-06-07T09:49:30.256+01:00LIFE IS HARD ENOUGH WITHOUT TAKING ONE MORE THING ...LIFE IS HARD ENOUGH WITHOUT TAKING ONE MORE THING THAT HAS MADE OUR COUNTRY. THE<br />PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING A RUCKOUS NEED TO LEAVE IT ALONE. WHAT IF SOMEONE STARTED<br />TURN THE TABLES THEY WOULD NOT LIKE IT! I FEEL HAVING A PRAYER TO START MEETINGS<br />IS LIKE THE ANTHEM BEFORE A SPORTS FUNCTION. IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME HOW SOME<br />PEOPLE HAVE TO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS SO THEY GET SOMETHING.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-87948125833308449812012-02-16T11:12:43.801+00:002012-02-16T11:12:43.801+00:00the thought of eric pickles would make me fall to ...the thought of eric pickles would make me fall to my knees in prayer too.simply wonderedhttp://www.simplywondered.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-23090706706244392552012-02-13T10:21:04.946+00:002012-02-13T10:21:04.946+00:00Of course if the Church believed in Matthew 6:6, t...Of course if the Church believed in Matthew 6:6, this issue would never have arisen.Conornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-61191290533321387082012-02-11T21:38:28.056+00:002012-02-11T21:38:28.056+00:00Prayers are not part of the formal meeting of my C...Prayers are not part of the formal meeting of my Council or on the agenda. I intend to continue inviting councillors and members of the public, who wish, to join me in a few moments of quite prayer or contemplation; before I formally start the meeting as Mayor.David Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074466074735623957noreply@blogger.com