Sentences with phrase «enacted by the parliament»

There are three countries who have laws enacted by parliament that enforce net neutrality: Chile, Netherlands and Slovenia.

As an aspect of the sovereignty of Parliament it has been established (during the original English Civil War) that the Government of the day can not by exercise of prerogative powers override legislation enacted by Parliament.

Many of the Review's recommendations have been enacted by Parliament in the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

The Criminal Code is enacted by the Parliament of Canada and applies to the entire country.

For Ekins and Forsyth, the role of the rule of law appears to be a merely supporting one — something that demands adherence to the law enacted by Parliament.

To make a valid will, all American states require a person to comply with a set of formalities that trace back to a pair of statutes enacted by Parliament centuries before the invention of the light bulb.

A major concern of the Idle No More movement is Bill C - 45, the omnibus Budget Bill enacted by the Parliament of Canada as the Jobs and Growth Act, 2012...

In a pair of decisions delivered this morning, R. v. Summers, 2014 SCC 26, and a companion case, R. v. Carvery, 2014 SCC 27, the Supreme Court has endorsed the trial courts» practice of routinely crediting time spent by accused persons before their sentencing on a more than one - to - one basis against the total duration of their sentence, the Truth in Sentencing Act, enacted by Parliament in 2009, notwithstanding.

Canadian Police Back Resolution to Compel Users to Give Up Passwords The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) passed a resolution on August 16, 2016, advocating for such a law to be enacted by parliament.

Not exact matches

United Patients Alliance — a non-profit advocacy and support group campaigning for legal access to cannabis for therapeutic purposes - responded to Flynn's comments by organising a «tea party» protest outside parliament and enacting his call for civil disobedience.

The Constitution Act, 1867 -LSB-...] expressly confers upon the Queen or the Governor General the power to withhold the royal assent from a bill that has been enacted by the two Houses of Parliament (s. 55), but a convention stipulates that the royal assent shall never be withheld.

The Bill of Rights (1688) says that the rights declared there «shall be declared, enacted, and established by Authority of this present Parliament, and shall stand, remain, and be the Law of this Realm for ever».

The Constitution was approved in a series of referendums held over 1898 — 1900 by the people of the Australian colonies, and the approved draft was enacted as a section of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (Imp), an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

He explained that, government would be setting a precedent that will be at odds with the New Patriotic Party government's efforts at decentralization, by allowing Parliament to quash bye - laws enacted...

In the light of that, requiring the Government and the House of Commons to override the Lords by means of enacting primary legislation under the Parliament Acts seems entirely fitting and proportionate, not least because such a course of action would ensure that the disputed provisions would receive an appropriate degree of scrutiny by means of their inclusion on the face of a Bill.

Indeed, it is legally possible for such changes to be enacted by the House of Commons alone, given its capacity, under the Parliament Acts 1911 — 49, to legislate in the absence of the Lords» support.

Most parliamentary democracies require an annual state budget, an appropriation bill, or occasional financial measures to be passed by parliament in order for a government to pay its way and enact its policies.

Primary legislation (the statutes enacted by sovereign legislatures, such as the British Parliament) provides a framework which is complemented by secondary law, in the form of rules drafted by government agencies and court rulings which establish legal precedents.

McGrath should be grateful for my work which is actually intended to be constructive, by showing that natural uptakes are important and should be allowed to continue, not curtailed, as would result from the 80 % reduction of emissions from the 2000 level enacted by the UK Parliament yesterday, to about 2GTC, instead of the 5.78 GtC observed in 2007.

Shortly after the decision was handed down, National Archives released a joint opinion by the law officers in 1971, advising what would happen should Parliament subsequently enact, as it did, legislation in breach of our treaty obligation.

The Supreme Court held that, when the United Kingdom Parliament enacted the European Communities Act 1972, it created a «conduit pipe» whereby EU law created by the institutions of the European Union is constituted as an «entirely new, independent and overriding source of domestic law» [Paragraph 80].

The court confirmed that the intent of Parliament in enacting the unjust dismissal provisions of the CLC was to provide non-union federally - regulated employees with protection against dismissal without cause similar to that enjoyed by unionized employees.

The Scottish Parliament has already corrected this defect by enacting the Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals)(Scotland) Act 2010.

The SCC wrote, recently, albeit in a different context, «Bad law, fixed up on a case - by - case basis by the courts, does not accord with the role and responsibility of Parliament to enact constitutional laws for the people of Canada.»

Bad law, fixed up on a case - by - case basis by the courts, does not accord with the role and responsibility of Parliament to enact constitutional laws for the people of Canada.

That could be achieved in a way consistent with our system by providing that retained direct EU legislation under clause 3 and all law that was converted into domestic law by clause 4 would be treated as having the status of an Act of the UK Parliament enacted on exit day.

Giving judgment in that case, Lord Phillips had expressed the view that had the regime been enacted by an Act of Parliament, the principle of legality could not have prevailed over the clear and unambiguous will of Parliament.

Scotland and Northern Ireland can enact legislation — including laws overriding those enacted by the UK Parliament in relation to Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively — on all matters save those that are reserved to the exclusive competence of the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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.

[T] he meaning of a statute is given by the intention of the Parliament which enacts it.

The risk that one of these events might tarnish the repute of the justice system was recognized by Parliament in enacting s. 515 (10)(a) and (b) of the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C ‑ 46 («Cr.C.»)

(1) The repeal of an enactment in whole or in part shall not be deemed to be or to involve a declaration that the enactment was previously in force or was considered by Parliament or other body or person by whom the enactment was enacted to have been previously in force.

Given the important role played by tax advisors and other individuals involved in transactions affected by income tax considerations, Parliament enacted s. 163.2 of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)

Prof. Smith's concerns about renewable terms point to the central constitutional issue raised by our expert witnesses: whether Bill S - 4 can be enacted exclusively by Parliament, or also requires agreement by at least seven provincial legislatures representing at least 50 % of the population of all the provinces.

In doing so, we highlight the Committee's view that central parts of the Bill are «conceptually flawed» and that relevant retained EU law should be reconceived by treating it as if it were contained in an Act of Parliament enacted on «exit day».

This, notes the Committee, would ensure that «the whole body of EU law would be properly debated and enacted by the UK Parliament».

Parliament seems to have clarified this question by enacting section 742.1, which states that:

The original (as enacted) and revised versions of legislation on Legislation.gov.uk are published by and under the authority of the Controller of HMSO (in her capacity as The Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament, and Government Printer of Northern Ireland) and the Queen's Printer for Scotland.

The court said it was clear that in enacting ECA 1972 Parliament intended to introduce EU law into domestic law in such a way that it could not be undone by exercise of Crown prerogative.

The reshaping would be inconsistent with the basis on which Parliament enacted the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977, after long consideration by the Law Revision Committee.

Intensive and successful engagement with Minister for Justice, all politicians in the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) and the wider public to ensure that at least full civil partnership based on marriage was enacted as opposed to earlier proposals (which continued to be supported by those opposed to change for same - sex couples) for a civil partnership model based on informal cohabitation with no conjugal status for same sex couples and limited protections.

Nevertheless, against the background of the history of previous non-recognition; the subsequent respect accorded to native title by this Court and by the Federal Parliament; and the incontestable importance of native title to the cultural and economic advancement of indigenous people in Australia, it is not unreasonable or legally unusual to expect that any deprivations and extinguishment of native title, so hard won, will not occur under legislation of any Australian legislature in the absence of provisions that are unambiguously clear and such as to demonstrate plainly that the law in question has been enacted by the lawmakers who have turned their particular attention to the type of deprivation and extinguishment that is propounded.

It is time to say sorry... We apologise for the hurt, the pain and suffering that we, the parliament, have caused you by the laws that previous parliaments have enacted.

The inclusion in legislation enacted in 2007 by the Australian Parliament of a provision specifically excluding the operation of the RDA is disappointing to say the least.

[55] This report covered the formal national reconciliation process which was set in place by the Commonwealth Parliament when it voted unanimously to enact the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act 1991 (Cth).

«This preamble sets out considerations taken into account by the Parliament of Australia in enacting the law that follows.

It is clear from the Preamble that various considerations were taken into account by the Federal Parliament in enacting the Act.

On January 2nd, 1996, the Parliament of The Bahamas realized the efforts of BREA and the necessity to regulate the real estate profession by enacting the Real Estate (Brokers and Salesman) Act, 1995.