The decision by an information tribunal redefined the Duchy, a 700-year-old private institution, as a public body.
The School Food Trust is losing its status as a public body, as part of ministers' drive to cut quangos.
It says it will create a new public body that will hold in trust the nation's forests for future generations.
Robert Freeman, director of the state's Committee on Open Government, said a public body isn't required to allow the public to speak at meetings.
The Department of Transport said a sale will only be made to "a public body" able to take on the maintenance of the mile-long tunnel.
It has been organised by The Environment Agency Wales, the public body which protects the environment in Wales, in conjunction with Conwy County Borough Council.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | North West Wales | Exhibition on flood defence plans
The 1889 act, which was repealed when the Bribery Act 2010 came into effect, outlawed the bribery of a member, officer or a servant of a public body.
Although the Boundary Commission, a politically neutral public body in charge of electoral districts, tries to ensure that constituencies are redrawn to reflect demographic changes, in practice, it can't keep up.
What schools need, he said, is something like NICE (the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence), the public body that assesses medicines and medical techniques for safety, clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness.
Though sitting on a quango is itself usually unpaid, many will have boosted their curricula vitae, and hence their paid careers, by sitting on a public body with a big budget taking big decisions.
The nine questions include whether the public body in question can ensure effective leadership of a new IT project, how clear it is about what new system it requires, and what benefits it will bring.
In evidence to the committee, he said that the public body needs to review the procedures that led to significant amounts of money being spent in the past on training some of its senior staff.
Raasay Crofters Association was launched 18 years ago to manage the rights on behalf of local crofters after public body Skye and Lochalsh Enterprise told the then Scottish Executive that it no longer wished to lease them.
For years, the teams have opposed the mall being allowed to open on game days, and last year they sued Triple Five and the New Jersey Sports and Exhibition Authority, the public body that must approve the project.
Previously, a British citizen who felt that their rights under the Convention had been breached by a public body would have to face the lengthy and expensive task of pursuing their claim through the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg.
"We respect they are the landowners and they can do what they want but it is a National Nature Reserve held by a public body for the public and they should have a more progressive attitude, " said Rob Dyer, the BMC's access and conservation officer.
TfL's decision was in compliance with article 10 and stopping the advert was justified as its advertising policy clearly stated it could rule against displaying something that could cause "widespread offence" and the public body also had a positive duty to promote equality, the court heard.
But all of them in a variety of different publications - meaning it's almost impossible to find out how many vacancies there are across the public sector, what kind of salaries are being offered, how these vary from public sector body to public sector body and whether functions are being duplicated.
Dundee West MP Jim McGovern said the Scottish government pledge fell short of those made by the devolved administration in Wales, which has committed to cover up to 75% of the wage costs for a company, or 100% for a public body, who opts to take on a former Remploy employee for up to four years.
Rob Donald, director general of public transport body Centro, welcomed the government's approval for the tram extension.
BBC: NEWS | UK | England | West Midlands | Approval for city tram extension
Last week the Independent Budget Review panel called on ministers to "urgently review" the public-owned body's status.
We have proposed a strategy of quality recommendations, with a public-private body that would do comparative effectiveness analysis.
Police were called to the A16 at Newborough on Saturday morning after a member of the public discovered the body of a man.
BBC: Newborough murder inquiry: Man arrested over body in ditch
William Heath, chairman of public service research body Kable, is one of the most outspoken critics of the ID scheme and argues the current way of accessing medical services is the best.
Mr. COLE: Well, of course there are, and Pakistan is an example, where there are some tensions, but on the whole, by and large, Sunnis and Shiite both are part of the body public.
Private firms are expected to put up a large chunk of the initial cost and, in June, a public-private body known as the Joint Undertaking was set up to carry the project to completion.
Fewer members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the industry's trade body, are in public practice than in 1989.
ECONOMIST: Chief financial officers need to get back to counting beans
Earlier this year, a body overseeing public finances exposed rampant misuse of public funds, including in the health ministry.
The worst outcome for Channel 4 would be if Ofcom succeeds in creating the new separate public-service television body it has suggested.
The body representing public affairs professionals and lobbyists in Wales, Public Affairs Cymru, said it also supported the findings of the assembly committee.
应用推荐