Sentences with phrase «acting under the authority»

Instead, the Supreme Court has made clear that federal agencies, acting under the authority granted to them by Congress, can regulate arbitration procedures to protect statutory rights.

Step 2: U.S. Treasury quietly announces unlimited 3 - year support for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on December 24, 2009, indicating that it is acting under the authority of a 2008 law (HERA) that was originally written to insure a maximum of $ 300 billion in total mortgage principal (not losses, but principal).

Going further, Mr. Bragman said the town has the right to declare a public health emergency and act under that authority to provide in - home filtration where wells are contaminated.

The Borough President acted under the authority of a new state law enacted last month that gives the two elected officials who appoint the Board's members the power to remove the Trustees they have appointed when those Trustees fail to satisfactorily perform their duties.

The Council acts under the authority of the Judges Act R.S., 1985, c. J - 1, and under s. 65 the Council «may recommend [to the Minister] that the judge be removed from office» where:

The exemption states that s. 162 (1)(a) and (b) do not apply to a peace officer who is acting under the authority of a warrant under s. 487.01.

40.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), all information obtained by an employee in the Ministry from a person acting under the authority of the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act (Canada) is privileged and no employee in the Ministry shall knowingly, without consent in writing of the Chief Screening Officer appointed under that Act,

The FIO says it is acting under its authority to «monitor the extent to which traditionally underserved communities and consumers, minorities and low - and moderate - income persons have access to affordable insurance products regarding all lines of insurance, except health insurance.»

What you have is an Executor, acting under the authority of probate for the estate.

Not exact matches

That roadmap included using regulatory authority under the less - restrictive Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act, he says.

Both the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (my former agency) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would retain such authority under the CHOICE Act.

Adam Szubin, acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said Washington expected other governments and financial authorities to make similar moves to prevent Pyongyang from «abusing» global financial institutions to support its development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.

An NHS England spokesman said: «All health bodies and local authorities with responsibility for adult social care are required under the Equality Act to ensure that no patient is discriminated against.

Ten environmental groups including the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council are involved in the lawsuit, which claims that Trump doesn't have the authority to reduce the size of Grand Staircase - Escalante under the Antiquities Act of 1906.

A 2010 Senate report by Senator Lieberman affirmed the President's authority during war, threat of war, or «a state of public peril» to «take over wire communications in the United States» and «shut a network down» under Section 606 of the Communications Act of 1934.

Queries related to contributions were to be directed to the Tax Court of Canada (formerly the Tax Review Board) established under authority of the Income Tax Act.

Any securities described herein may not be registered under the Securities Act or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction and may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred except to persons outside the U.S. in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act pursuant to the terms of such securities.

The complaint states that in promulgating the final revisions to PTE 84 - 24, which make the exemption available to «fixed rate annuities,» as defined by DOL, but not to one class of fixed annuities — specifically, «fixed indexed annuities» — the Department «acted without providing adequate notice and an opportunity for comment, reflecting arbitrary and capricious conduct in excess of its statutory authority and in clear violation of its obligations to make necessary findings under applicable law.»

Prior to 2008, the federal government, under the Financial Administration Act (FAA), had standing authority to refinance its market debt.

With this legal definition, the regulatory authorities such as the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is now empowered to act under the financial regulatory framework.

If the Floor Proposal is presented at the meeting, the proxy holders will have discretionary voting authority under Rule 14a - 4 (c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to the Floor Proposal and intend to exercise such discretion to vote AGAINST such proposal.

In general terms, this authority already exists under the Gas Resources Preservation Act and similar legislation could easily be enacted for oil.

This authority was granted to the department in 2008, under Public Law 110 - 389, the Veterans» Benefits Improvement Act.

Under Senate Bill 383, which takes effect July 1, the Nevada securities administrator has authority to further define the fiduciary duty by defining certain acts as violations or exclusions from the duty.

You agree that MFS shall not be under a duty to inquire as to the authority or propriety of any instructions given to MFS using your passwords or other security data and that MFS shall be entitled to act upon any such instructions.

The tariffs come under the president's authority under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act which allows the chief executive to slap tariffs on imports for national security reasons and after the Commerce Department released reports on the subject last month which urged him to do so.

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

Under the Investment Canada Act, the federal government has the authority to review such acquisitions if there are reasonable grounds...

• the Trust is determined to be a «money transmitter» under the regulations promulgated by FinCEN under the authority of the US Bank Secrecy Act and is required to comply with certain FinCEN regulations thereunder, and the Trust receives notice from the Sponsor that, because of that determination, termination of the Trust is advisable;

To the extent that the activities of the Trust cause it to be deemed a «money transmitter» under the regulations promulgated by FinCEN under the authority of the US Bank Secrecy Act, the Trust may be required to comply with FinCEN regulations, including those that would mandate the Trust to implement anti-money laundering programs, make certain reports to FinCEN and maintain certain records.

This would certainly seem to be effective to confer an immunity on the listed parties for losses that are incurred in the province; but what if a party outside the province suffers losses (see Reference re Upper Churchill Water Rights Reversion Act, [1984] 1 SCR 297, 1984 CanLII 17 (SCC)-RRB-, or what if the exercise of authority under the Act rests upon a reckless understanding as to the constitutional underpinnings of a particular provision?

But stating «in the name of» is essentially giving notice that you are acting under direction of an authority or at least with full confidence of that authority's approval.

At Jerusalem itself the continued presence of the majority of the apostles simplified the question of authority, because they seem to have acted on all important questions as a body which sought and obtained the consent of the Church as a whole (Acts 6: 12 - 16, 15:22) under the joint guidance of the Spirit (Acts 15:28, cf. 6:3).

The Church (even with tax exempt status) is acting as an employer they come under secular laws, which legitimately trump any mystical authority.

«While we are glad to see and commend the local authorities under international pressure acted swiftly and fairly to resolve the church's land with this right decision, we are still deeply concerned about the justice for this family of martyr which is still not done,» stated Bob Fu, China Aid's president.

Under the FDA's Food Safety Modernization Act, the agency does have the authority to order the recall of certain food products when the FDA determines that there is a reasonable probability that the article of food is adulterated or in violation of certain allergen labeling requirements and that the use of or exposure to such article will cause serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals.

Wine Australia is the trading name of the Australian Grape and Wine Authority, a Commonwealth statutory authority established under the Australian Grape and Wine Authority Authority, a Commonwealth statutory authority established under the Australian Grape and Wine Authority authority established under the Australian Grape and Wine Authority Authority Act 2013.

Information from NRS programmes that identifies particular people or their property is released only to government authorities (i.e. Australian, state or territory government authorities responsible for the monitoring or regulation of agricultural and veterinary chemical residues and contaminants), or to individuals approved by the department as being appropriate persons to be granted access to the information under paragraph 11 (2)(b) of the Admin Act.

«Judge Doty's order did not contain any determinations concerning the fairness of the appeals process under the CBA, including the commissioner's longstanding authority to appoint a designee to act as hearing officer.

We are happy to report in response to a lawsuit filed against the Commonwealth's regulatory use of priority habitat screening to protect endangered species, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled unanimously to affirm the state's authority under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA).

Under the new policy, neighbors who provide authorities with information that leads to an arrest and conviction for an act of vandalism will be eligible for a $ 100 reward.

In India, Nestlé has had formula seized for breaking labelling laws and its attempts to sponsor health workers have been described as illegal by government authorities under the terms of the Infant Milk Substitutes Act.

It will be a criminal offence under the Statutory Instruments for England, Northern Ireland (NI) and Wales / Cymru for a company not to act by the specified deadline on an Improvement Notice issued by an enforcement authority.

This is because this type of institution is by definition a school set up to discharge a local authority's duties under section 19 (1) of the Education Act 1996 in relation to children of compulsory school age.

Hospital education is defined as «education provided at a community special school or foundation special school established in a hospital, or under any arrangements made by the local authority under section 19 of the 1996 Act [ie the Education Act 1996](exceptional provision of education), where the child is being provided with such education by reason of a decision made by a medical practitioner».

But in 1947, under the Exposition Authority Act, Meigs Field opened with a 50 - year lease granted by the park district.

Having funds available isn't the problem, they can not spend money that hasn't been authorized by Congress under the Antideficiency Act Congress's authority on this matter derives from the Constitution.

The state of Washington argued that the President exceeded his statutory authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act, and violated the First and Fifth Amendments of the Constitution when issuing his order.

Therefore, the Court is persuaded that the congressional act of extending the time period for ratification was an improper exercise of Congress» authority under article V.

Take the most significant new authority the Fed was given under the Dodd — Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: the power to take actions to stop runs on systemically important, so - called «too big to fail» financial institutions that threaten the entire economy.