Sentences with phrase «give discretion»

The Ministers admitted that SARA did not give them the discretion to extend the time for the performance of the duties they were legally required to fulfil, and that they had failed to comply with the Act.
Another advantage is that eBooks can give you some discretion when you're out in public.
Although Tysoe J.A. explained in the examples he referred to in Lines that «it was the intention of the Legislature to give a discretion to the judge to determine what period or periods are appropriate for the determination of net income loss in all of the circumstances», once that determination is made, the legislation requires a deduction from the gross income loss to take into account the provisions of the Income Tax Act of British Columbia, the Income Tax Act of Canada and the Employment Insurance Act of Canada for the relevant year or years.
Both bills give discretion to school administrators and / or school boards to modify the provisions for egregious behavior that is associated with harm to self or others.
They are designed like real underwear to make your child feel like a big kid and to give them discretion when needed.
He is also an active participant in making tactical calls in all of the portfolios where the ISG team has been given discretion.
Patrolmen were armed with whips, and in some cases guns, and were given the discretion to beat and even kill black people — even compliant ones (it was not illegal at the time to kill a black person since they were deemed non-human).
I had bought breastfeeding clothing available at that time and I realize the clothing was not giving me the discretion I wanted when nursing in public places or in front of other people.
Two years ago the coalition explicitly changed guidance to local authorities, giving them discretion over whether flooding victims had to pay council tax.
«In addition, the Tax Commissioner would be given discretion to require automated point of sale accounting systems and more frequent filing from sales tax filers who have a poor filing record.»
Although unions will be given some discretion, Labour officials insisted this would require a positive opt - in to pay and not merely an opportunity to object.
Right now judges are given discretion on whether to confiscate guns when an order of protection is issued against a person.
When the Legislature rolled back the Rockefeller Drug Laws in 2009, judges were given discretion to send non-violent offenders to drug treatment instead of prison without the prosecutor's approval.
Spitzer scored plenty of rhetorical points — calling DiNapoli's selection «an insider's game of self - dealing» that «confirms the public's worst image of what this Legislature does when given discretion,» and ripping Assembly Leader Sheldon Silver for «a lack of integrity.»
So there is good reason to fear that principals in public schools, if given discretion to reward teachers as they please, will base their decisions on personal relationships rather than on the results of value - added assessments.
Teachers are not asked their opinions on school or colleague performance, they are not given discretion to make decisions that might affect others outside of their classroom — in short, they are not treated as trustworthy partners in the school mission.
In explaining how she handled Young's case, Henderson told investigators that she «has given discretion to a lot of government officials» and «if she could help these government officials feel safe about where their children attend school, then she should extend that courtesy.»
Trustee are typically given some discretion over whether a beneficiary will receive a benefit as well.
Vets will be given discretion over how they spend their allowance as long as the pets they choose to treat have a reasonable chance of recovery and their owners meet certain financial criteria.
Employment standards officers are given the discretion to determine a penalty within the range in accordance with the prescribed criteria, if any.
Given discretion is so wide it is no wonder that a City partner recently confided to me that he approached costs awards in arbitration with the same fear as a naturist being asked to operate a barbecue.
Neither is unduly costly, especially given the discretion whether a response will be given.
Whilst the 4AMLD lays down certain mandatory requirements, member states were given some discretion to implement certain measures dependent on their own national assessment of risk.
Here, the MS is discharging a specific obligation that arises as a result of EU law, and it is this that, de facto, which gives them the discretion to then retain it for other purposes.
However, one may question whether the EFTA Court is not going very far here in reviewing the appropriateness of domestic judicial decisions in a field where EEA law expressly gives discretion to EEA EFTA States — in deliberate contrast to the constraints imposed on EU Member States under the preliminary reference procedure.
He said that he is not a «robot» and the super-rule gives him this discretion.
However, the Act specifically gives some discretion to the FTC and other regulatory agencies to include creditors which offer or maintain accounts that are subject to a reasonably foreseeable risk of identity theft.
Law enforcement authorities in the United States are given discretion whether to prosecute a corporation, and they weigh many factors in deciding how to exercise that discretion.
The model answer and your answer both miss a key consideration which applies in every dispute over the performance of a contract when one party is given discretion over how to implement the contract terms that have some level of ambiguity.
Can family lawyers include a provision in their retainer agreements giving themselves discretion to withdraw from the case for non-payment of legal fees?
The defendant submitted that the words «or such part of it as is reasonable in the circumstances» gave it a discretion which enabled it to allow against gross income only such part (if any) of the rent as had been paid during the relevant month or other period adopted by it.
He feels the system is thorough, provides the appropriate red flags, and gives them the discretion to act on gut instinct.
To add, the applicant is also given the discretion of choosing the type of resume he or she will adopt from the general resume types available for them.
Under the Guidelines s. 3 (2), just as in the over $ 150,000.00 situation where the court is given the discretion to ignore the custodial parent's income, here too the court may calculate the child support as if the child were under the age of majority; OR

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Free cash flow is especially important in this industry, says Underhill, as that gives management more discretion on whether to hold back a harvest.
You agree that NBCUniversal, its licensees, successors and / or assigns, shall have no obligation to give you credit for your User Content, but in their sole discretion may elect to do so.
Employee stock - option programs are typically authorized by a company's board of directors (and have historically been approved by the shareholders) and give the company discretion to award options to employees equal to a certain percentage of the company's shares outstanding.
Sessions» order gives prosecutor discretion in focusing their enforcement efforts — some may not ramp up efforts against marijuana, but others have said there's no guarantee they'll maintain a hands - off approach.
Witnesses repeatedly criticized IFRS for stripping auditors of their ability to «exercise prudent judgment» — which is another way of saying it gives management wide discretion when reporting financials.
If you are a shareholder of record and you indicate that you wish to vote as recommended by our Board or if you sign, date and return a proxy card but do not give specific voting instructions, then the proxy holders will vote your shares in the manner recommended by our Board on all matters presented in this Proxy Statement, and the proxy holders may determine in their discretion regarding any other matters properly presented for a vote at our Annual Meeting.
It added that while she had given the company «editorial discretion to publish her life story,» she had been «free to respond to press inquiries about her relationship with President Trump since 2016.»
In addition, to the extent that the underwriters decide, in their sole discretion as described above, to reduce the number of shares that Passport may purchase in the public offering, then Passport will have the right to purchase the balance of the shares that Passport is not given the opportunity to purchase in the public offering in a separate and concurrent private placement transaction.
In the event of a change of control (as defined in the plan), the compensation committee may, in its discretion, provide for any or all of the following actions: (i) awards may be continued, assumed, or substituted with new rights, (ii) awards may be purchased for cash equal to the excess (if any) of the highest price per share of common stock paid in the change in control transaction over the aggregate exercise price of such awards, (iii) outstanding and unexercised stock options and stock appreciation rights may be terminated, prior to the change in control (in which case holders of such unvested awards would be given notice and the opportunity to exercise such awards), or (iv) vesting or lapse of restrictions may be accelerated.
Unless we are prohibited from doing so by any applicable law, regulation, court order or instruction or guidance of a competent regulatory authority or agency, in terminating your account we may do any of the following at our sole discretion: A. transfer the funds back to the source; or B. convert your account balance to Bitcoins at our then - prevailing rate, subject to applicable fees and as soon as practicable give you 48 hours» notice that we intend to deactivate your account, requesting that you provide us with an alternative bitcoin wallet address to which we can transfer your bitcoin within that period (the «Redemption Period»);
These stock awards are not given based on any specific formula but rather by a process under the discretion of the compensation committee that involves examining the expected stock price and projecting a value similar to competitors» compensation.
In brief:»... the affairs of our charity must be guided with discretion (Psalm 112:5), lest we give that to the idle and unworthy, which should be given to those that are necessitous, and deserve well.»
But construed broadly, this approach also gives judges tremendous discretion.
When feasible, it is Company's preference to give notice so that violations may be addressed voluntarily, however, we reserve the right to act without notice, when necessary, as determined by Company in its sole discretion.
St. Teresa advises, «we must shorten our time of prayer, however much joy it gives us, if we see our bodily strength waning or find our head aches: discretion is most necessary in everything.»
If you know someone is really homeless and not using the money to fund their addictions (I assume you don't want to help an addict pay for their drugs), use your personal discretion in giving cash.
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