... Council. (a)Firstly a public authority's powers must be exercised consistent with the conferring statute. The exercise of power will be unlawful where the decisions maker takes in to account factors in law which are irrelevant or leaves matters which are relevant. The SRA sets up an advisory committee that will provide recommendations in the process of franchising. The key question is, does the SRA follow the considerations of the committee and take it into account when making decisions? it seems that the SRA does follow the relevant recommendations in awarding the franchise. The SRA must no have taken into account irrelevant considerations, In R v Homesecretary, ex P Venebales, the Home Secretary acted unlawfully in deciding whether it was justified to release from prison two young men who as children were convicted of murder, they took in to account irrelevant matters (public petitions demanded they be imprisoned for life) and refused ...

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