Sentences with phrase «act of parliament»
(b) an offence that involves, or the subject - matter of which is, a firearm, a cross-bow, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or an explosive substance and, at the time of the offence, the person was not prohibited by any order made under this Act or any other Act of Parliament from possessing any such thing
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The Court reiterated that, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 263 TFEU, the Court is required to review the legality of acts of the Parliament which are intended to produce legal effects vis - à - vis third parties.
The Canadian Bar Association is a professional, voluntary organization which was formed in 1896, and incorporated by a Special Act of Parliament on April 15, 1921.
The Privy Council as New Zealand's highest court of appeal was replaced by the Supreme Court of New Zealand by a simple Act of Parliament despite calls from New Zealand First, National and ACT for a referendum to be called on the issue.
An 1850 Act of Parliament made «he» the legal term.
During the passage of the Same - Sex Marriage Act through Parliament, the BHA secured a section that gives the Government the power to give legal recognition to humanist marriages without requiring a new Act of Parliament to be passed.
This is the commencement order designed to bring into force the whole Act of Parliament at the date specified after Royal Assent has granted.
(a) incorporated by or under a general or special Act of the Parliament of the former Province of Upper Canada;
Parliament itself can not arrogate to itself the authority to vet for offices not created by the Constitution or validly enacted by a separate Act of Parliament.
Soane established a «Private Act of Parliament» before he died that ensured his estate would be maintained as he left it at the time of his death, solely to prevent his annoying son George, with whom he did not get along, from inheriting it.
A number of such laws are enshrined in primary legislation (acts of Parliament such as the Equality Act 2010) and secondary legislation (additional laws implemented by government ministers without the need to be passed by Parliament).
With the passage of the Life Insurance of India Act of the Parliament of India, LIC was founded in 1956.
On 25 April 2017 as his Final Act of Parliament, he delivered an adjournment debate that lasted over an hour on the Contaminated Blood Scandal.
In New Zealand, an Appropriation Bill is the formal name for the annual act of Parliament which gives legal effect to the Budget, that is, the Government's taxing and spending policies for the forthcoming year (from 1 July to 30 June).
The second condition is a requirement for royal assent on the necessary Act of Parliament by January 31st 2019.
That's partly what differentiates acts of parliament to statutory instruments.
Unlike the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, which contained provisions for an «alternative vote» system which would have become operative only if approved by the voting result in the referendum held under the Act, [9] the European Union Referendum Act 2015 did not state that the government could lawfully invoke Article 50 without a further authorising Act of Parliament.
The legal duties affected by the Bill relate to nearly all the social care services children receive from local authorities laid down in numerous acts of Parliament, including statutory rights on child protection, family support, children's homes and fostering, support to care leavers and services for disabled children.
A Monumental Act The first Act of Parliament to preserve Britain's architectural and historical landscape was passed a hundred years ago.
The Court held, by an 8 - 3 majority, that the UK Government did not have the power to give notice under Article 50 TEU to withdraw from the European Union without a prior Act of Parliament.
Postponement meant that the first clash between community law and a post-1972 Act of Parliament was over the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (MSA 1988).
Judges can not be suspended without a joint act of Parliament, but no cases have been assigned to Girouard since the investigation was launched.
(2) The explicit repeal is in accordance with the English judicial dicta that there are «constitutional statutes» which can not be repealed impliedly but instead require an explicit repealing Act of Parliament.
As its name implies and as the law officers advised ECA 1972 is an ordinary Act of Parliament, no more and no less.
Helpfully, it includes useful background to the Charities Acts including the Charities Act 2011 as consolidating legislation, which brought together most of the provisions of the Charities Act 1993 and 2006 into a single Act of Parliament.
There has never been any legal requirement that a private prosecutor has to demonstrate that it is in the public interest that he should bring a prosecution for an offence against the provision of a public general Act of Parliament.
Most recent acts of Parliament and statutory instruments are accompanied by Explanatory Notes, which describe - in plain English - what the various parts of that piece of legislation mean.
Murder during terrorist activity (6.01) Irrespective of whether a murder is planned and deliberate on the part of a person, murder is first degree murder when the death is caused while committing or attempting to commit an indictable offence under this or any other Act of Parliament where the act or omission constituting the offence also constitutes a terrorist activity.
This is a very significant power, since it enables the Government to legislate to implement a withdrawal agreement (if any such agreement is made) without the need for a fresh Act of Parliament, albeit that Parliament can (in theory: the practice is more difficult) reject or decline to approve «secondary legislation» made under clause 9.
One way of achieving that end might be to devise an Act which dealt with an important constitutional issue; entrench that Act by, say, a two - thirds majority in both Houses; and then stipulate that if, despite the requirement of a two - thirds majority, a subsequent Act of Parliament sought to repeal that Act by a simple majority, then before the Monarch gave assent an individual could seek an injunction in the courts in order to prevent the Bill receiving Royal Assent.
(see MATTER) A method of commencing proceedings under the authority of a specific act of parliament, e.g. Landlord and Tenant Act, whereby the applicant asks the Court to grant an order in their favour
ADDENDUM: In England, in a very recent change, by Act of Parliament under the last Labour government, Parliament abolished the double jeopardy rule, in effect allowing another court to later set - aside the Jury's verdict (i.e. in the case of an acquital).
487.11 Either a peace officer or a public officer who has been appointed or designated to administer or enforce a federal or provincial law and whose duties include the enforcement of this or any other Act of Parliament may, in the course of their duties, exercise any of the powers described in section 487, 492.1 or 492.2 without a warrant if the conditions for obtaining a warrant exist but it would not be feasible to obtain a warrant because of exigent circumstances.
Would a simple act of parliament be sufficient?
Parliament could indeed call an election (or do anything else) by passing a new Act of Parliament.
As we know, David Davis has just (sort of) made a concession to Brexit rebels when he declared any final Brexit deal will be enshrined in a separate Act of parliament.
It is Sir John A. Macdonald Day across Canada as a result of an Act of Parliament.
Established by an act of Parliament in 1984, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) is a not - for - profit organization focused on Canada's relations with Asia.
It was then given royal assent, the last step to officially become an Act of Parliament.
But in the period of disillusion that followed he came to the conclusion (trite enough by now) that «you can not make people good by Act of Parliament».