Sentences with phrase «bound by legislation»

From federal laws all the way down to municipal codes, nearly every aspect of our lives is defined and bound by legislation.

It is therefore not difficult to see why the suggestion that you are not bound by legislation or commercial law may be attractive to someone who has mounting debt problems or is facing eviction from their home.

Because the FXX K will never compete in any FIA - sanctioned racing, it isn't bound by any legislation, so Ferrari had free - reign to build its most extreme closed - canopy track car to date.

Not exact matches

Although reconciliations bills are granted many privileges that are not available to most other legislation, they remain bound by several conditions.

As Mr Justice Singh pointed out, if the Crown is not bound by the Act, then this could mean that «a large number and type of public buildings and spaces would fall outside the scope of the Act» - in effect depriving government employees of the legal protections contained in the legislation.

«We will respond aggressively to those who overstep those bounds and seek to influence the making of Federal policies and legislation by making threats to the lives of those entrusted with such tasks and their families.»

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Republicans are bound to run into political trouble by trying to sell their tax legislation as a boon to the middle class when most of its direct benefits will in fact flow to corporations and wealthy individuals.

While Democratic organizations are not bound by these regulations, they can take a cue from these guidelines and strides made by city governments to become more user friendly, according to David Moore, a civic technologist who launched New York City's Councilmatic, an interactive online tool for understanding the activity and legislation that moves through the City Council.

Meanwhile, the amended legislation required proposals by May 8 to be followed by binding arbitration that would hammer out an evaluation system by June as a fail - safe measure.

He said Trump's judicial appointments will bring the federal government back inside the bounds of legislation passed by Congress.

George Kidd argues that «the industry is bound by consumer law, privacy law, commercial practices and advertising legislation, and e-commerce regulations.»

The first is that deletion of emails by Wahl is of absolutely no consequence since he was not bound by FOI legislation and the substance of the deleted material was minor.

I insiste on the European Commission introducing binding legislation on car manufacturers to reduce CO2 emissions on new cars to 140 g / km by 2008 and 120 g / km by 2012.»

The fact that Canada and the United States ostensibly are constitutional democracies signifies that «the rule of law» means indigenous territorial sovereignty continues to bind all courts of those countries unless and until the constitutions have been amended by the people, by constitutional legislation, pursuant to the amendment formulas made express and explicit in each constitution.

How far can the UK government go on it's own now, considering the fact that the UK is still bound by a whole string of primary and secondary EU legislation, which supposedly takes precedence over UK law?

This was suggested, for instance, by Judge Malinverni of the European Court of Human Rights in the Nada judgment of September 2012, in which he proposed «a distinction between the Charter itself, as the primary legislation of the United Nations, and the Security Council resolutions, which, although binding (Article 25), may be regarded more as secondary or subordinate UN legislation».

My comments start from three propositions which are rooted in constitutional theory: (1) absent constitutional objection, legislation binds; (2) administrative decision - makers enabled by statute can only go so far as their home statute allows (3) it is a court's job, on any standard of review, to enforce those boundaries; in American terminology, to «say what the law is» (Marbury v Madison; Edmonton East, at para 21).

The procedural provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act apply to the Commissioner, not the courts which are bound rather by the legislation governing their procedures on judicial review.

Put simply, I can not bind someone simply by sending them a Notice unless it is a right conferred on me by some earlier statute or legislation, or legally binding agreement.

Since governments both influence laws through legislation and are bound to obey the law, just like citizens and companies, you'll gain an understanding of how legislation is applied by governments in real - world scenarios.

So even Member States which did not vote in favour of the adopted legislation will be bound by the EU fundamental rights» standard in that area.

Given that the Commission's implementing powers have always been interpreted extensively, not least to ensure the effectiveness of the primary measures decreed by the Council (and the European Parliament), 130 it is normal to understand regulatory power in Community law as the ability to adopt general and abstract binding rules within the framework of more general legislation adopted by the competent authority.

Unfortunately, in those cases, we have a number of explanations, none of which are palatable, assuming of course the problem isn't an — I'll be polite — overly technical, not demanded by legislation or any other binding on the court principle — decision from higher up the pecking order court:

Therefore, we must not only respect the law - making role of administrative decision makers, but also the co-ordinate law making role of the courts — to ensure that administrative decisions are consistent with the objectives and purposes of the legislation, the bounds set by the legislation, and other fundamental legal principles.

At first glance, this seems very wide indeed for virtually all undertakings are bound by some federal legislation, such as the Competition Act, the Copyright Act, the Criminal Code, the Food and Drugs Act, the Trademarks Act and many more; however, they are not by reason of such legislation outside the exclusive authority of the legislatures of the provinces.

These regimes are either incorporated into the national legal framework through the supra - national legislative authority of the EU (in the form of binding regulations enacted by the European Parliament or treaties to which the UK is a party), or are given effect through the enactment of national legislation.

Administrative Law / Public Utilities: «Prudent Investment Test» ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. v. Alberta (Utilities Commission), 2015 SCC 45 (35624) The Commission here was not statutorily bound to apply a particular methodology, and use of the word «prudent» in the legislation can not by itself be read to impose on the Commission any specific no - hindsight methodology.

On August 12th the Court of Appeal for British Columbia held that British Columbia labour arbitrators are bound by British Columbia's provincial private sector privacy legislation but do not need consent to collect, use or disclose grievor and witness personal information.

(Question the extent to which it will be bound by the Court's decision, particularly in light of the comment, at para. 61, that the alternative interpretation would frustrate the purpose of the legislation).

However, HMRC denied tax relief on the contribution, arguing that where the legislation provided for tax relief in respect of «contributions paid», it referred to a money payment, and that the documentation executed by the member and the provider prior to the share transfer had not created a legally binding obligation on the member to pay a sum of money to the scheme.

Employment legislation — The UK is currently bound by EU regulations on working hours and other employment issues.

According to the Court of Appeal's decision in Kasap v. MacCallum, 2001 CanLII 7964 (ONCA), «The legislation is clear: the judge must decide the threshold motion, and in doing so, the judge is not bound by the verdict of the jury.»

In addition, courts are bound by s. 3 of the Act to construe primary and subordinate legislation in a way which is compatible with Convention rights.

What makes this project interesting is that Bahrain has passed legislation ensuring that when parties agree to arbitration by the BCDR the result will be binding and beyond challenge in the Bahrain courts.

Many of those European obligations have been implemented by way of national legislation or regulations which remain binding unless and until parliament revoke them.

Evidence Code technology wasted and still needed: in 1976 - 77, I conducted an extensive national consultation process with judges and lawyers for the federal Department of Justice as to replacing legislation such as the Canada Evidence Act, and the binding requirement of existing case law, with the Evidence Code that was proposed by the (LRCC's) Law Reform Commission of Canada's Report on Evidence (December 1975).

It was a slow and steady process by which Magna Carta transitioned from legally binding document, to a symbolic one: «The first Statute Laws Revision Act of 1856 began the process of removing «obsolete» legislation from the British statute books.

It not only ignores the primary role that the High Court has bestowed on the legislation for the recognition and extinguishment of native title, it also misunderstands the ethical obligations of a Government bound by international obligations of equality and non-discrimination.