Sentences with phrase «meaning of public authority»

Solicitor Andrew Dismore wants the government to back his private members Bill, the Human Rights (Meaning of Public Authority) Bill, to correct the position — or to urgently bring in its own legislation.

The UK Parliament's Joint Committee On Human Rights has changed its mind (an earlier report adopted a wait - and - see litigation - focused approach) and now urges a legislative clarification of the meaning of public authority.

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««Virtual currencies» means a digital representation of value that is neither issued by a central bank or a public authority, not attached to a legally established currency, which does not possess the legal status of currency or money, but is accepted by natural or legal persons as a means of exchange or for other purposes, and can be transferred, stored or traded electronically.

As I have argued in these pages and elsewhere, the «presumption,» by detaching the just war way of thinking from its proper political context» the right use of sovereign public authority toward the end of tranquillitas ordinis, or peace» tends to invert the structure of classic just war analysis and turn it into a thin casuistry, giving priority consideration to necessarily contingent in bello judgments (proportionality of means, discrimination or noncombatant immunity) over what were always understood to be the prior ad bellum questions («prior» in that, inter alia, we can have a greater degree of moral clarity about them).

I have from time to time felt compelled to offer a word of caution about the bishops» overextending their competence — meaning both authority and knowledge — in pronouncing on public policy.

In practice around the world, this has usually meant a statutory right on the part of the public to see certain types of recorded information held by public authorities.

A. «Affected State Entities» means (i) all agencies and departments over which the Governor has Executive Authority, and (ii) all public - benefit corporations, public authorities and commissions, for which the Governor appoints the Chair, the Chief Executive, or the majority of Board Members, except for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

«This campaign is therefore meant to remind and educate all categories of persons on this civic requirement and encourage the general public to visit any of the offices of the Ghana Revenue Authority across the country and file their tax returns if they haven't already done so before the end of April, 2018.»

The transfer of some policy making traditionally associated with local government to combined authorities means that citizens are increasingly unclear about who is responsible for what, especially in terms of public service delivery in their local communities.

Second, disagreements between members of the combined authority (made up of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield)-- and with the Government — mean that the public consultation needed to unlock the powers and resources on offer as part of the city region's devolution deal has not yet taken place.

In a letter last Monday to Metropolitan Transportation Authority head Veronique Hakim, Public Advocate Letitia James says the gender policy «violates the spirit, if not the letter» of state and city laws meant to protect human rights.

The shift in power over the last 30 years from local authorities to schools means the largest volunteer force in the country has had to transform itself from «friends of the school», to a body capable of running a multimillion - pound key public service.»

In this section, the term recipient means a State or local governmental authority, or any other operator of a public transportation system, that receives financial assistance under this chapter.

The term subrecipient means a State or local governmental authority, a nonprofit organization, or an operator of public transportation or intercity bus service that receives Federal transit program grant funds indirectly through a recipient.

Do you mean to tell me that medical associations and public health authorities and all of the rest of us shouldn't get up in arms and shout from the rooftops against the anti-vaccination people or those HIV is nothing to do with AIDS people?

However, that does not mean that «acts» can be limited to measures of individual scope, as there will be measures of a general scope that are not taken by a public authority in a judicial or legislative capacity.

77 Second, it is important to point out that provisions on conferring powers of public authority on border guards — such as the powers conferred in the contested decision, which include stopping persons apprehended, seizing vessels and conducting persons apprehended to a specific location — mean that the fundamental rights of the persons concerned may be interfered with to such an extent that the involvement of the European Union legislature is required.

The third principle is that the functioning of the automatic means should be checked regularly by an independent public authority (para. 259).

If it does not, there is cause for concern and it may be that the arrangements between those parties need to be revisited, whether by means of contractual changes or protocols for information disclosure to secure appropriate disclosure to the public authority to allow it to meet its public obligations.

To put this language in public law terms, the lack of procedural fairness in the termination decision meant that the decision could not reasonably be relied upon by other public authorities as evidence of unfitness to carry out public contracts.

Yet given the reality that Parliamentary conduct may not always be responsive to the needs of justice (at least not without judicial prompting), it might be queried if the anti-exceptionalism of Robinson's reasoning towards public authorities cuts off a prospective means for inducing legal innovation.

Ministries should then again be regarded as public authorities within the meaning of the Directive:

««Candidate» means a person who has made a public announcement of candidacy for non-judicial elective office and has taken or engaged in any public action in furtherance of that candidacy, declared or filed as a candidate for non-judicial elective office with the election authority, or authorized the solicitation or receipt of contributions or support for non-judicial elective office, whichever occurred first.»

According to the broad version, the independence of the bar means that lawyers «are free from incursions from any source, including from public authorities»:... The narrower, more focused version, is anchored in concern about state interference with the lawyer's commitment to the client's cause.

As the Court found in paragraphs 29 and 30 of Skalka, that benefit, which is intended to ensure a minimum means of subsistence for its recipient where his pension is insufficient, is funded in full by the public authorities, without any contribution being made by insured persons.

The Human Rights Act means that if a public body such as the police, prison service, or a local authority have discriminated in the provision of public services, we can help you challenge this discrimination in the courts.

12.1 For the purposes of the definition of «leasehold landlord» in section 199 of the Act, «public authority» means any of the following:

Health oversight agency means an agency or authority of the United States, a State, a territory, a political subdivision of a State or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is authorized by law to oversee the health care system (whether public or private) or government programs in which health information is necessary to determine eligibility or compliance, or to enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relevant.

The inclusion of courts in the definition of public authority means that individuals are sometimes able to rely on Convention grounds in judicial review proceedings against the lower courts, such as magistrates» courts and the immigration appeals tribunal.

Public health authority means an agency or authority of the United States, a State, a territory, a political subdivision of a State or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official maPublic health authority means an agency or authority of the United States, a State, a territory, a political subdivision of a State or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mapublic agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mapublic agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mapublic health matters as part of its official mandate.

The limitation of liability under the Act to «public authorities» does, however, mean that private parties are generally not able to take proceedings against each other on Convention grounds alone.

Common carrier means a taxi, school bus, streetcar, bus, train, ship, ferry, or airplane which is duly licensed by the proper authority for the sole purpose of transporting public passengers for a fee.

More comprehensive definitions have been attempted by the EBA in 2014 (European Banking Association) and the Banca d'Italia, which both define Bitcoin as «a digital representation of value that is neither issued by a central bank or public authority nor necessarily attached to a fiat currency, but is used by natural or legal persons as a means of exchange and can be transferred, stored or traded electronically».

«Ownership of virtual currency is very risky and full of speculation because there is no authority responsible,» the central banker continues, «there is no official administrator, there is no underlying asset underlying virtual currency price and trading value is very volatile so vulnerable to the risk bubble and prone to be used as a means of washing money and financing of terrorism, so that it can affect the stability of the financial system and harm the public.

(6) The Chief Executive Officer may, on behalf of the Chief Justice, arrange with an Agency Head (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999), or with an authority of the Commonwealth, for the services of officers or employees of the Department or authority to be made available for the purposes of the administrative affairs of the Court.