Sentence examples for responsibility for inspecting from inspiring English sources

Instead, he said, under a process called controlled inspection, the department delegated the responsibility for inspecting critical elements like foundations and reinforcements to a licensed architect or engineer.

His wife Queen Maxima is even registered there as a "lice mother", with responsibility for inspecting children's hair.

But teaching unions were worried he could have faced a potential conflict of interest because Ofsted has responsibility for inspecting his schools.

Laws against inadequate quarters do not always cover such dwellings, and responsibility for inspecting them falls on the same local councils that would have to re-house their tenants.

Responsibility for inspecting trawlers and enforcing Irish law falls between several bodies and the taskforce recommended they all sign a memorandum of understanding about how the scheme would be policed.

Pressure further intensifies on the watchdog as a former chief inspector of Ofsted, Sir Mike Tomlinson, today suggests it is struggling after a major expansion two years ago to include responsibility for inspecting children's services as well as schools and childcare.

Pickles said the commission's responsibilities for inspecting local government would pass to the National Audit Office but private companies would now be invited to bid to carry out audits in order to drive down costs.

Amid criticism of past oversight efforts, Los Angeles County supervisors approved a new contract Tuesday that redefines state and local responsibilities for inspecting nursing homes and other health facilities and investigating complaints of abuse, neglect or inadequate care of patients.

The state retained responsibility for regularly inspecting land to ensure that ICAs were performing and could intervene if this community-based system failed, but this was rarely required.

The Department of Agriculture assumes responsibility for monitoring big cat possession and for inspecting the animals' facilities, but Ms. Coppola said the department does not have the resources to thoroughly evaluate each situation, meaning that some individual animals are never assessed.

Separately, the department is experimenting with a new system for inspecting animal carcasses in slaughterhouses that puts more responsibility on packers to catch defects in meat.