Sentences with phrase «british government acted»

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LONDON — A British teenager has been jailed for two years for compromising the email and phone accounts of senior U.S. government officials in what a judge called acts of «cyber-terrorism.»

The British government has said it is ready to act once the culprit is identified.

VANCOUVER, B.C. — A research paper by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade recommends the Government of British Columbia introduce new regulations that would pave the way for ridesharing across the province, while also launching a review of the Passenger Transportation Act and overhauling regulations to enable the traditional taxi industry to be more competitive.

If a judge deems the British Columbia government is not doing enough to protect crucial habitat of the endangered spotted owl, he or she could order the federal environment minister to recommend an emergency protection order under the federal Species at Risk Act.

Cryptojacking - the act of hijacking a user's computer to mine cryptocurrencies - is likely to «become a regular source of income for website owners,» a British government agency warned Tuesday.

«When I brought forward the British Columbia Oil and Gas Activities Amendment Act, 2014, all the Liberal government needed to do was vote yes,» said New Democrat MLA for Stikine Doug Donaldson.

When the nation was established as a democratic republic, the people of the former English colonies, acting in their various constitutional conventions, transferred all governing power to their states and to the federal government, reserving for themselves only certain rights and powers they previously claimed to enjoy as subjects of the British Crown.

The British Catholic Church finds itself seemingly inextricably embroiled with the latest act of a government which is at the forefront of a hedonistically inspired offensive to redefine the family and human life; it is an onslaught that faces no clear opposition.

During the Sierra Leone arms affair, Murray is troubled by a British high commissioner whose propensity for acting outside UK government policy and engagement in diplomatic freelancing results in major scandal.

The US government accuses Mr Hamza of being in contact with terrorists before the kidnapping of western tourists in Yemen in 1998, an act which cost three British citizens their lives.

The British Humanist Association has long campaigned for legal humanist marriages, and a hard - won amendment during the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 compelled the Government to hold a consultation on the issue and awarded them Order - making powers to introduce it.

The Act effectively gives the British government the right to «de-recognize» an embassy, and therefore dispense with the principle of inviolability, if it believes that premises are being misused for non-diplomatic purposes that undermine public safety or national security.

After a conference in which the ministers were falling over themselves to praise Theresa May's action in promoting the Modern Day Slavery Act, it's shocking that the government is pressing forward with a scheme that gives rogue landlords more power over vulnerable migrants, and creates a two - tier housing market for British and non-British people.

Sadiq Khan MP, shadow justice secretary, said: «The energy and time this government is spending on arguments about the Human Rights Act shows how completely out of touch it is with the British people who are not interested in cat fights between ministers but how the safety of their communities will be protected after cuts in police budgets which go too far and too fast.»

The government has watered down its plan to put forward a bill on replacing the Human Rights Act with a British bill of rights, bowing to reported disquiet among senior Conservative backbenchers.

44 schools continue to have sex and relationships education (SRE) policies that either replicate section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 or are unhelpfully vague on the issue, the British Humanist Association (BHA) can reveal.

The government decided to act after the supreme court ruled last year that a terror suspect accused of targeting British troops had the right to return to Britain from Turkey after being stripped of his British passport, which was awarded in 2000.

So he pledges - should the Tories form the government in 2015 - the repeal of the Human Rights Act and its replacement with a British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.

The Countryside Alliance believes a vibrant countryside needs five key changes and calls on the Government to: SERVICES — Ensure an accessible and reliable rural transport and broadband network HOUSING — Promote local solutions to the lack of affordable rural housing EDUCATION — Enable all children to gain a practical understanding of the countryside FARMING — Support British farmers and producers COUNTRY PURSUITS — Repeal the Hunting Act and champion country pursuits For more information or to arrange interviews please call the Countryside Alliance press office on 0207 840 9220 or 07500 834 163

The commission set up by the government to investigate the possibility of a British bill of rights believes it should go ahead, but alongside the current Human Rights Act.

It's been over three years now since the British Humanist Association secured an amendment to the Marriage Act as it went through Parliament, requiring the Government to consult on giving legal recognition to humanist marriages in England and Wales.

Objective — To make an effective elected second chamber, composed of mature experienced individuals with collective experience of all aspects of British life, whose principal task is to improve legislative bills during their passage through parliament into law, and whose secondary task is to scrutinize the actions of the government and act as a watchdog for the rights of the British people, should the Government or lower house appear to act in such a way as to undermine thegovernment and act as a watchdog for the rights of the British people, should the Government or lower house appear to act in such a way as to undermine theGovernment or lower house appear to act in such a way as to undermine these rights.

A new British bill of rights is expected to be included in next week's Queen's speech to replace the act passed by the Labour government in 1998 as a way of incorporating the European convention on human rights into UK law.

Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, has commissioned a review into the new intrusive capabilities of British intelligence agencies and the legal framework in which they operate, after failing to persuade David Cameron that the coalition government should act now to tighten the accountability of Britain's spies.

«It is right that we voted for a referendum and right that we still want to hold a referendum and it is right that a Conservative government will amend the 1972 European Communities Act so if any future government proposes to transfer new competencies or areas of power to Brussels a referendum of the British people will be required by law.»

The fact that both the Argentinean and British governments have acted shamefully in the past (and in some cases continue to do so), doesn't necessarily mean either side is right or wrong when it comes to the Falkland Islands.

«We will act as ever responsibly, we will act to try and do our bit to create a stable, good government that the British people deserve.

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It should be noted that the referendum took place 25 years before the passing of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 by the then Labour Government of Tony Blair, which introduced into British law a general procedure for the holding of UK - wide referendums and effectively created the Electoral Commission, a body that would oversee such votes and also test and research proposed referendum questions.

The government has accepted the couple's account of what happened - and the settlement is the first time ministers have apologised for a specific act involving British security agencies.

Technology foresight, the British government's much - vaunted programme for predicting fields of research with commercial potential, will be a waste of time unless all government departments act on the results, says the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), which offers politically neutral advice to MPs.

This Act established one organisation, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), to supervise and license all fertility clinics throughout the UK It also provides information and advice to the British government about embryos and treatment services governed by the Act, and endeavours to ensure that the whole area of reproductive technology is practiced in a transparent manner.

He is an actor The British and American governments have not acted to curb Internet fraud.

If Twitter UK can be embarrassed into acting quickly, recently ridding itself (this week in fact) of cyber bullies and other assorted trolls by the British news media, backed by the government, plus have them arrested and publically exposed to the nation, then why hasn't the head office of Amazon in the United States been forced to take the same action when it comes to attacks by trolls on Indie writers who are ordinary law abiding citizens like you and I?

M - 436 — September 15, 2009 — Mr. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior)-- That, in the opinion of the House, the government should immediately move to publish the revised regulations governing animal transportation under the Health of Animals Act.

No wonder the British government has seen the need to introduce the Dangerous Dogs Act.

Summary Title: «At the still point of the turning world...» Date: Saturday 21st February, 2015 Time: 15:30 - 21:00 (Doors open at 15:00) Venue: SHIBAURA HOUSE （ Level 5, 3 -15-4 Shibaura, Minato - ku, Tokyo ） [Access] Admission: Free (refreshments will be available for purchase) Capacity: 50 people No reservations needed Organisers: Arts Initiative Tokyo [AIT], Camden Arts Centre Supported by: Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan in the fiscal 2014, British Council, SHIBAURA HOUSE Curator: Gina Buenfeld (Camden Arts Centre) Time table 15:00 Doors open 15:30 - 17:00 Introductory presentations and discussion - Intermission - 17:30 - 18:30 Act 01 Theme: Noh (screening)- Intermission - 18:45 - 20:00 Act 02 Theme: Butoh (screening, live performance) 20:00 - 21:00 Open Discussion Participating artists Live Performance: Mildred Rambaud Talk: Caroline Achaintre Jesse Wine Screening: 1: Theme / Noh (45 min) Hiraki Sawa Jeremy Millar Jefford Horrigan Ursula Mayer Manon de Boer Joachim Koester 2: Theme / Butoh (45 min) Mildred Rambaud Simon Martin Trisha Brown Babette Mangolte Fernanda Muñoz Newsome and Ina Dokmo Sriwhana Spong [Artist Profile]

A British government agency that investigated the university's handling of requests under Britain's Freedom of Information laws concluded that laws had been broken, but that was an issue completely unrelated to the question of who released the files — and whether the perpetrator (s) acted from within the climate center or without, inside the bounds of the law or in what amounts to a cybercrime.

According to Peter Lilley, a member of the British parliament and member of the Parliamentary Energy and Climate Change Committee, the U.K.'s 2008 Climate Change Act is perhaps the most costly government program since the introduction of the Welfare State, with an impact of over # 17,000 per household.

FOIGate — The British government has since determined someone at East Anglia committed a crime by refusing to release global warming documents sought in 95 Freedom of Information Act requests.

For example, the British Government's Climate Change Act of 2008 set legally - binding targets of a 34 % reduction by 2020 and at least 80 % by 2050.

On April 12, 2018, the British Columbia government granted third reading to Bill 6, Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2018 to better support working families by providing new, extended and more flexible maternity, parental and compassionate care leaves.

Yesterday, the provincial government of British Columbia tabled bill 40, the «legal profession amendment act, 2012 for first reading.

The Law Society of British Columbia, 2016 BCCA 423, the British Columbia Court of Appeal held that the Law Society acted unreasonably when its benchers, following its members, voted «not to approve» the University's proposed law school, preventing its graduates from practicing in the province and causing it to lose the government's permission to grant recognized degrees.

The firm acted for Kenyan claimants alleging detention and torture by the British Colonial Government during the «Kenya emergency».

The Privy Council in Edwards accepted the Lambe proposition as being generally valid, but added that the BNA Act should not be construed strictly, as penal or tax statutes are, and should instead be given a liberal interpretation since it was «passed to ensure the peace, order and good government of a British Colony.»

Great care must therefore be taken to consider each decision in the light of the circumstances of the case in view of which it was pronounced, especially in the interpretation of an Act such as the British North America Act, which was a great constitutional charter, and not to allow general phrases to obscure the underlying object of the Act, which was to establish a system of government upon essentially federal principles.

Here we have, in the statute, the legislature and, in the protocol, the government of British Columbia, conceding that the parties hold different views on the most fundamental questions, expressly noting their disagreements, saying that each will implement the agreement under its own institutions» authority, and then proceeding to act upon the agreement made.

Following the election of a majority Conservative government we considered what the government plans to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and create a British Bill of Rights might mean for the property sector (read our blog here).

While the question process can first appear to be quite simple, the expert system tool shows a high degree of autonomy and will steer a client through certain bespoke branches of questions until it has got all the answers it needs to provide the client with a provisional statement in relation to the Modern Slavery Act, which the British Government made law in part to prevent companies exploiting forced labour, often via foreign suppliers.