Sentences with phrase «extensive powers»

«To ensure real progress against abuse the commissioner must be truly independent, fully resourced, and equipped with extensive powers of investigation of both individual and systemic problems,» he said.

Rome's wealthiest and most prominent citizens were ineligible to hold the office of plebeian tribune, an office with extensive power within the Roman constitution: tribunes wielded veto authority over most policy measures; initiated and led discussions over legislation in Rome's popular assemblies; and they publicly tried wealthy and prominent citizens before the people for political crimes.

Speaking on ITV's Peston on Sunday, Corbyn said Labour would oppose handing ministers such extensive powers when the House of Commons votes on the great repeal bill.

Within England extensive powers have been devolved to the executive Mayor and Assembly in London, and lesser sets of powers to executive mayors in some city regions.

This is particularly critical in light of the recent, extensive power outages the region experienced, as well as the closing of Indian Point, which is responsible for 25 percent of the energy Westchester residents consume.

Sprint athletes require a longer preparatory phase leading up to their power phase because they will execute more extensive power lifts than distance swimmers.

The most controversial bill gave the state board of education extensive powers to regulate independent study or «nonclassroom» - based instruction that uses computers as the main instructional tool.

In Denver, for example, the school board granted every school in the district extensive powers of self - determination in 2015, a move that The Denver Post called a «monumental shift.»

Ps4 could do this Ps2 games, Require a physical actual chip in the system, Making physical emulation near impossible due to having extensive power required to emulate the chip & The system which floors even low high end PCs.

Part 4 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 gives authorities extensive powers (as do other parts of the legislation for other contexts).

Huawei's EMUI 5.1 has some very extensive power management features too.

A bill allowing for such extensive powers to intercept and store communications was inevitably going to incite fierce debate within political and legal spheres.

Luckily the earth is a pretty small target for such ejections and the last one happened before we had extensive power and communication grids.

Given the extensive powers of patronage available to the Prime Minister, with seats in the House of Lords and a range of other honours in his gift, dependence on wealthy donors can lead to obvious accusations of honours being traded for cash.

It is surely inaccurate to suggest that «extensive powers have been devolved to the Mayor and Assembly in London».

The intelligence community argues that these extensive powers are required to keep us safe, that they are only used to prevent terrorist atrocities.

Any furthering of the already - extensive powers to interrogate peoples» communication, especially in the absence of proper oversight, would constitute an ineffective and illiberal intrusion of our civil liberties and as such are unacceptable to Liberal Democrats and the wider public.

A notable feature of even our own 1963 Constitution was the extensive powers granted to the regions which enabled them to carry out their immense responsibilities as they best saw fit.

We met just as the Smith commission, set up by Cameron to look at what new «extensive powers» might involve, was getting under way.

Wand possesses the extensive power of a Mark Rothko that has been channeled through or concealed under the distortive buzz of a kind of aesthetic static.

The SMIT relies on the experience of the Commission in the competition law field, where its extensive powers to request information from companies help it to gather robust information for the enforcement of competition rules.

«There needs to be a new realism, an attempt to make realistic orders, which defendants are encouraged to pay and then revisit using the extensive powers available.»

The securities commissions also have extensive powers to make orders, such as cease trading and barring individuals from acting as directors and officers or engaging in investor relations activities.

It is also clear that, while a judge in civil proceedings will seek to prevent a manifest risk of injustice, ensuring a fair trial is ultimately a matter for the criminal court, which has extensive powers to remedy any prejudice.

Canada's Human Rights Tribunals have extensive powers to investigate and redress alleged breaches of fundamental rights by public and private parties.

[2] The law gives the executive - in practice the Interior Ministry - extensive powers to suspend basic rights by prohibiting demonstrations and detaining people indefinitely without charge.

Of concern to many, including LAG, are the extensive powers the Conservatives want to be granted to create secondary legislation under the proposed Great Repeal Bill.

Considering the extensive power this laptop has, the specs make it extremely portable and lightweight.

I am looking for a position that will leverage my extensive power generation, project management, strategy development, business development, operations, and management experience.

In particular, the Special Rapporteur expressed concern in relation to compulsory income management, compulsory acquisition of Aboriginal land, the assertion of extensive powers by the Commonwealth Government over Aboriginal communities, and alcohol and pornography restrictions in prescribed areas.