Sentences with phrase «conducted by a public authority»

«Moreover, these virtual instruments can be used in illegal activities, which may give rise to investigations conducted by public authorities.

Not exact matches

The Equality and Human Rights Commission announced in December 2009 that it would conduct a formal inquiry into how disability - related harassment and its causes are being dealt with by public authorities The inquiry is now closed and the Commission is due to publish a «Manifesto for Change» later in 2012.

The report from state Controller Thomas DiNapoli found that there are 1,192 quasi-governmental public authorities in the state and they are often used by officials to conduct what is known as «backdoor borrowing,» which has less public scrutiny than traditional borrowing.

It is unfortunate that in today's Nigeria, the authorities seem so prepared to waste so much public resources in conducting elections as was the case in the Kogi State supplementary election, which many consider unnecessary, but was conducted on the grounds of a so - called 91,000 voters, who were yet to vote, and who may not even have had the Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, whereas the total number of people who had PVCs was just 25,000, and APC was already leading by well over 41,000 votes.

In August 2012, NYCHA suspended annual general inspections of apartments when a new HUD rule loosened a requirement that public housing authorities conduct yearly inspections of every apartment, according to a NYCHA fact sheet released by the de Blasio administration on Monday morning.

This order concerns the unlawful assertion of sovereign immunity by Thai Airways International Public Company Ltd. («Thai Airways»), a foreign air carrier holding permit and exemption authority to operate to and from the United States, conduct that violated the express terms of its operating authority, 49 U.S.C. $ 41301, and constituted an unfair and deceptive practice in violation of 49 U.S.C. 3 41712.

Developing, issuing and enforcing safety regulations are a significant portion of PHMSA's work; however, PHMSA also conducts research, funds State regulatory authorities, emergency responders, and representatives of communities affected by hazardous materials transportation, and educates stakeholder groups — including the general public — through outreach initiatives and training.

In addition to the authority provided by this article for making an arrest without a warrant, a police officer may stop a person in a public place located within the geographical area of such officer's employment when he reasonably suspects that such person is committing, has committed or is about to commit either (a) a felony or (b) a misdemeanor defined in the penal law, and may demand of him his name, address and an explanation of his conduct.

This would not be the case here, as the referring court emphasised that ENEA's conduct had not been dictated by instructions from the public authorities.

In his decision to grant summary judgment in favour of the Claimants, in the above named conjoined matters, Mr Justice Eder leaves no room for doubt that judges in England take pre trial conduct very seriously indeed and will regard a «snub» by foreign parties, even public authorities, as a direct offence to the authority of the English court.

Jones v Cheshire Constabulary (2017) A local councillor and former leader of Cheshire East Council complains about the conduct of a police investigation into the awarding of contracts by one of the largest spending local authorities in the North - West with allegations of defamation and misfeasance in public office against the police.

He has represented clients in internal investigations conducted inter alia by US authorities including the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as well as by national and international public prosecutor's offices.

Under the final rule, covered entities may disclose protected health information to such individuals when the covered entity or public health authority is authorized by law to notify these individuals as necessary in the conduct of a public health intervention or investigation.

A covered entity is not in violation of the requirements of this rule when a member of its workforce or a business associate of the covered entity discloses protected health information to: (i) A health oversight agency or public health authority authorized by law to investigate or otherwise oversee the relevant conduct or conditions of the covered entity; (ii) an appropriate health care accreditation organization; or (iii) an attorney, for the purpose of determining his or her legal options with respect to whistleblowing.

(A) A health oversight agency or public health authority authorized by law to investigate or otherwise oversee the relevant conduct or conditions of the covered entity or to an appropriate health care accreditation organization for the purpose of reporting the allegation of failure to meet professional standards or misconduct by the covered entity; or

The NPRM would have allowed covered entities to disclose protected health information without individual authorization to: (1) A public health authority authorized by law to collect or receive such information for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability, including, but not limited to, the reporting of disease, injury, vital events such as birth or death, and the conduct of public health surveillance, public health investigations, and public health interventions; (2) a public health authority or other appropriate authority authorized by law to receive reports of child abuse or neglect; (3) a person or entity other than a governmental authority that could demonstrate or demonstrated that it was acting to comply with requirements or direction of a public health authority; or (4) a person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading a disease or condition and was authorized by law to be notified as necessary in the conduct of a public health intervention or investigation.

(i) A public health authority that is authorized by law to collect or receive such information for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability, including, but not limited to, the reporting of disease, injury, vital events such as birth or death, and the conduct of public health surveillance, public health investigations, and public health interventions; or, at the direction of a public health authority, to an official of a foreign government agency that is acting in collaboration with a public health authority;

Response: The final rule permits a covered entity to disclose protected health information to a public health authority authorized by law to conduct public health activities, including the collection of data relevant to death or disease, in accordance with § 164.512 (b).

(iv) A person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading a disease or condition, if the covered entity or public health authority is authorized by law to notify such person as necessary in the conduct of a public health intervention or investigation; or

This appeal considered whether there is an obligation under the Human Rights Act 1998, s 6, read with ECHR, art 3, to investigate ill - treatment which has been perpetrated by a private individual without any complicity of a public authority, and / or whether in the case of such ill - treatment any positive obligation is confined to a requirement to put in place the necessary structure to enable such investigation to be conducted but does not extend to the conduct of an individual investigation into a particular alleged crime.