[The] e-brief summarises the approach taken in federal, state and territory and some overseas parliaments to codes of conduct for ministers and members of parliament, registers of interests, the post-separation employment of ministers and the use of ethics commissioners in providing advice on and / or conducting investigations
into breaches of codes.
Not exact matches
A list
of 13 MPs facing harassment allegations has been circulating at Westminster, according to The Daily Telegraph and the Prime Minister ordered a Cabinet Office inquiry
into whether Mr Garnier
breached the ministerial
code.
Regardless, before the day was out Theresa May had announced there would be an investigation
into whether Garnier's actions amounted to a
breach of the ministerial
code.
In addition, he backed the creation
of a new independent body to oversee the ministerial
code of conduct and investigate alleged
breaches - currently, only Tony Blair can order a probe
into his ministers» behaviour.
«That you Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki whilst being National Security Adviser and Shaibu Salisu, whilst being the Director
of Finance and Administration in the Office
of the National Security Adviser on or about 12th December 2013 in Abuja within the jurisdiction
of this Honourable Court, and in such capacities entrusted with dominion over certain properties to wit: N90million which was in the account
of the ONSA with Diamond Bank Plc, committed criminal
breach of trust in respect
of the said property by remitting the said sum
into the account
of Brains and Hammers Limited for the purchase
of 7 - bedroom duplex house at No. 11 Mansur Bamalli Drive (D1064), Apo 1 Abuja and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 315
of the Penal
Code Act, Cap 532, Vol.4, LFN 2004.
Under rules that came
into force this year, peers could theoretically be expelled if they are found to have
breached the
code of conduct that all members are expected to uphold.
Part
of the charge against Dasuki was that he misappropriated and engaged in alleged criminal
breach of trust by dishonestly transferring the sum
of N3.5 billion
into the account
of Dalhatu Investment Limited, an offense punishable under Section 315
of the Penal
Code.
Prime Minister David Cameron has repeated his support for Culture Secretary Maria Miller, a Conservative MP who was ordered to apologise after a committee found her attitude to an inquiry
into her expenses had
breached the parliamentary
code of conduct.
There is more than enough evidence to warrant an investigation
into a possible
breach of the ministerial
code or a potential misleading
of Parliament and, if it was enough to refer Warsi for investigation on the mere whisper
of a scandal, then after the wave
of texts, emails, phonecalls and the resignation
of a special adviser whose conduct he was responsible for, surely Hunt, too, should have been referred?
Separately, Mann has written to Sir Philip Mawer, the independent adviser on ministerial interests, demanding he launch an investigation
into Howarth's meeting with Crouch and Werritty, to establish whether there has been a
breach of the ministerial
code.
The movie begins with a catastrophe at a Chinese power plant: a malicious little worm
of code has wriggled its way
into the system and shut down turbines in the cooling pool, leading to a reactor
breach and the threat
of meltdown.
Taking
into account the number
of customers involved, the duration
of the
breach and the scale
of the gambling, the Commission concluded that this amounted to a serious
breach of LCCP SR
Code provision 3.5.1.1.
He identifies and mitigates risks to Nokia by managing and conducting internal investigations
into alleged
breaches of law and Nokia's
code of conduct.
If a
breach is established, a judge must determine under s. 242 (2)
of the Criminal
Code whether the admission
of the breath samples would bring the administration
of justice
into disrepute, he says.
Prior to working at Buddle Findlay, Diana worked at the Takeovers Panel, where her work included inquiring
into potential
breaches of the Takeovers
Code and determining pragmatic courses
of action, and instructing and liaising with the Parliamentary Counsel Office to draft exemption notices.
Further, if there were implied
into the retainer a term that the solicitor would comply with the
code then Morgan J held «any non-compliance would be a breach of contract whereas the Notes to Rule 15 contemplate that there can be some breaches of the Code which will not be a breach of Rule 15 and will not be evidence of inadequate professional services under Section 37A of the Solicitors Act 1974&raq
code then Morgan J held «any non-compliance would be a
breach of contract whereas the Notes to Rule 15 contemplate that there can be some
breaches of the
Code which will not be a breach of Rule 15 and will not be evidence of inadequate professional services under Section 37A of the Solicitors Act 1974&raq
Code which will not be a
breach of Rule 15 and will not be evidence
of inadequate professional services under Section 37A
of the Solicitors Act 1974».
Conducted an internal investigation on behalf
of a Government regulator
into alleged insider dealing activities, fraud and
breaches of corporate governance
codes for a public company in the insurance and financial services sector.
Instead, the Judge held that, «What the [LA 2011] requires is that once an Authority determines upon a formal inquiry
into an allegation
of breach of a
Code [
of Conduct] then it must, prima facie, utilise its formal arrangements.
In my opinion, this is an appropriate level
of compensation for the applicant, taking
into account the three
breaches of the
Code involved, and allowing for the fact that I have found that her termination from employment was not an act
of reprisal.
The bank that disclosed the customer's personal financial information declared that it did so in the context
of an ongoing investigation
into a
breach of an employment contract and violation
of a
code of conduct involving the complainant.
Moving forward many years to the 21st century: in 2009, Bountiful community leaders Winston Blackmore, 52, and James Oler, 44, were charged with one count each
of breaching Section 293
of the Criminal
Code, which bans polygamy, by entering
into a conjugal relationship with more than one individual at a time.