Sentences with phrase «making significant amendments»

ESSA gives the Boards broader authority to disclose confidential information by making significant amendments to the Accord Acts and COGOA provisions governing disclosure of information submitted to them.

Given that the Federal Government very recently made significant amendments the Trade - marks Act — indeed, the most significant changes to the Act since 1956 — and specifically chose not to make revisions to the official mark provisions despite this criticism, perhaps one should question whether such official mark rights should be so significantly limited judicially.

Bill 148 makes significant amendments to Ontario's Employment Standards Act, 2000, Labour Relations Act, 1995 and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Bill 148 makes significant amendments to the Labour Relations Act, 1995 and are designed to make it easier for unions to obtain collective bargaining certificates in the private sector.

Not exact matches

In light of Mr. Oman's years of service to the Company and his significant contributions to the growth of the Company's mortgage business, we believed it was appropriate to enter into this arrangement in 1998 to address the impact on benefits payable to him under these plans caused by certain prior internal job changes and amendments made to these plans.

Whether or not the amendments are made official, its a significant move for the LGBT community, which has never had its cause officially supported by either of the major political parties...

You can count on one hand the amount of times in the past two parliaments that the Lords has made significant interventions into legislation drafted in the commons — for example, on George Osborne's cuts to tax credits in 2015 and the so - called Dubs Amendment on unaccompanied minor refugees in 2016.

MASSP is working with the bill sponsors on amendments to the package to make sure that the requirements neither impose additional burdens on schools districts nor create significant disincentives for prospective teachers.

The 2005 changes to the bankruptcy laws made it more difficult to file for bankruptcy, but we have spent a significant amount of time using the amendments to our clients» benefit.

In any of the circumstances referred to above we will not therefore be liable for the cost of any service (such as, but not limited to, flights, hotels and connecting rail travel) which is purchased in connection with any holiday but which is not booked through us, or for any related expenses such as cancellation charges or amendment fees for any service which can not be used or has to be cancelled or amended as a result of our having to cancel or make a significant change to any holiday.

In any of the circumstances referred to above we will not be liable for the cost of any service (such as, but not limited to, flights, hotels and connecting rail travel) which is purchased in connection with any holiday but which is not booked through us, or for any related expenses such as cancellation charges or amendment fees for any service which can not be used or has to be cancelled or amended as a result of our having to cancel or make a significant change to any holiday.

Those amendments made significant changes to the workplace harassment provisions of the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Even a very incomplete list gives an impression of the large number of significant opinions he has written: seminal administrative law cases such as Chevron v. NRDC and Massachusetts v. EPA, the intellectual property case Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios (which made clear that making individual videotapes of television programs did not constitute copyright infringement), important war on terror precedents such as Rasul v. Bush and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, important criminal law cases such as Padilla v. Kentucky (holding that defense counsel must inform the defendant if a guilty plea carries a risk of deportation) and Atkins v. Virginia (which reversed precedent to hold it was unconstitutional to impose capital punishment on the mentally retarded), and of course Apprendi v. New Jersey (which revolutionized criminal sentencing by holding that the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial prohibited judges from enhancing criminal sentences beyond statutory maximums based on facts other than those decided by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt).

In 2011, there was a significant statutory amendment made to the Children and Family Services Act, RSO 1990, c C11 [CFSA].

If significant representations are made to the Patent Office touching the scope of the claims, the Patent Office should insist where necessary on an amendment to the claims to reflect the representation.

This Bill, if passed, would make a number of significant amendments to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act («PIPEDA «-RRB-.

While we maintain great respect for students» First Amendment free speech rights, we are also cognizant that school officials are tasked with making difficult decisions and bear significant responsibility in educating our children.

After a recent review of Alberta's employment law, the Alberta government tabled Bill 17, Fair and Family - friendly Workplaces Act on May 24, 2017 to make a number of significant amendments to the Employment Standards Code and Labour Relations Code.

On November 16, 2017, shortly before passing the Bill, the legislature made a number of significant changes to Bill 148, including adding an amendment to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the «OHSA»).

On April 1, 2011, significant changes were made to Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program pursuant to amendments to the Foreign Worker Regulations of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada).

While the full impact of these amendments can not yet be measured, they have made a significant mark in just twelve months.

When we're working with an Act that has had significant amendments passed, but not yet brought into force, I'll often make a prospective consolidation to help our lawyers advise their clients on forward - looking strategies.

The Court cited a number of reasons, including that it is not appropriate for an appellate court, twice removed from the parties» initiating motion, to grant this relief; the appellants have not had the opportunity to make full submissions on this new issue; the «irregularity» that State Farm seeks to correct was intentional; the delay in seeking the alternate relief was significant; the pleadings would be deficient and unable to support an ongoing action by the Trustee without further amendments; and State Farm is a sophisticated party.

The scheme, introduced under the Native Title (State Provisions) Act 1999 («NTSPA»), the Native Title (State Provisions) Regulations 2000 («NTSPR») and amendments to the Land Administration Act 1997 («LAA»), would have reduced the procedural rights available to native title claimants over significant areas of land to a right to be notified, rights to make an objection and the right to consultations in good faith following an objection.

The 2008 amendments made a number of significant changes to the Queensland land rights Acts, including allowing Registered PBCs to hold the land for the native title holders of that land.