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- If you ride your off-road motor vehicle around Torfaen the chances are that you are breaking the law.
- If any services are disrupted due to the weather conditions we will update you here
- If your food business makes, prepares or handles food of animal origin and supplies to other premises (even within your ownership) as a significant part of your overall business, you may need Formal Approval instead of food premises registration from the council. If your business is a slaughterhouse or meat cutting plant, it will need to be approved by the Food Standards Agency.
- We inspect most of the food premises in Torfaen on a regular basis, in order to ensure that they all comply with the law and sell safe food. To do this, we follow the requirements of the Food Standards Agency Code of Practice, which lays down when and how we should inspect food businesses.
- Torfaen have set up a Community Covenant that complements, at a local level, the Armed Forces Covenant, which outlines the moral obligation between the nation, the government and the armed forces.
- The authority is required to issue licences and set conditions on hackney carriages and private hire taxis to ensure the vehicles used are safe and comfortable and that the drivers are fit and proper persons, medically fit, knowledgeable and free from relevant convictions.
- As your provider of school meals, we take catering safely for all pupils very seriously. Many of the children moving to Secondary School will be used to being catered for in our primaries previously using special individualised menus produced by our dietitian. It is important to be aware that provision of food at Secondary School for those on special diets is carried out differently to what you may have been used to at primary school.
- Childcare may seem costly but, before you decide you cannot afford it, remember that some families are entitled to financial help.
- Children and young people sometimes become carers too. You may be under 18 yourself and carrying out significant caring and household tasks because you have a parent, brother, sister, other relative or friend who has a disability or illness
- Torfaen council has opened the doors to a brand new MOT testing centre and is offering motorists an approved, independent service at its depot in Ty Blaen, New Inn
- All adults should be able to live free from fear or harm and have their rights and choices respected. Some people may be less able to protect themselves; this may be due to mental health problems, illness, age physical or learning disability. Some people may find it difficult to make their wishes and feelings known. This can make people more vulnerable to abuse.
- This section offers practical advice about what to do when someone known to social services or their carer dies
Last Modified: 05/12/2018
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