Sentences with phrase «national jurisdictions for»

The ISA is charged with managing the seabed and its resources outside of national jurisdictions for the benefit of humankind.

Not exact matches

The increased prison terms for Canadian nationals including officers and directors of Canadian corporations, the elimination of territorial jurisdiction test by explicitly providing for a «nationality» test, the increased risk exposure to CFPOA penalties by adding a books and records provision, and the elimination of exceptions and defences such as those for facilitation payments and businesses not earning profits, all point towards continuing vigorous enforcement by the Canadian government of the CFPOA.

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That led TM to seek a ruling from the NEB confirming that the Board had the jurisdiction to authorize TM's activities, and, to the extent that Burnaby's by - laws were making it impossible for TM to carry out the necessary tests, a ruling that the by - laws were constitutionally inapplicable, or if not inapplicable, were in conflict with the provisions of the National Energy Board Act and therefore inoperative on the basis of the paramountcy doctrine.

If we look to federal jurisdiction, the National Energy Board has issued a series of decisions since 2010, with input from Environment and Climate Change Canada, requiring offsetting for caribou and other species at risk and rare or sensitive habitats.

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It shall be unlawful for any broker, dealer, or exchange, directly or indirectly, to make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce for the purpose of using any facility of an exchange within or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to effect any transaction in a security, or to report any such transaction, unless such exchange (1) is registered as a national securities exchange under section 6 of this title, or (2) is exempted from such registration upon application by the exchange because, in the opinion of the Commission, by reason of the limited volume of transactions effected on such exchange, it is not practicable and not necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors to require such registration

Like a medieval petty lord demanding a toll for transporting goods across his territory, Coderre has claimed that his municipality can now override federal jurisdiction in blocking national infrastructure under the guise of «social license».

Unlike the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, which has primary jurisdiction, the ICC would have to defer to a Yugoslav national investigation unless the ICC prosecutor can prove that it is a sham.

(Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community, pp. 126 - 128) Hence, the Porchers should want to move from the current system to one in which a) the habits and beliefs of certain Porcher influenced or protected communities, and b) the hard - fought - for legislative prerogatives and jurisdictions of said communities (vis - a-vis national and state authority — esp.

He called for a new environmental solidarity to deal with ecological issues that transcend national jurisdictions and he insisted that a «right to a safe environment» be included in the Charter of Human Rights.

The ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification Exam, which is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)- Conference for Food Protection (CFP) and is recognized by more federal, state and local jurisdictions than any other food safety certification, including Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa.

The Committee recommends that the State party develop a comprehensive national strategy for the protection and promotion of the right to adequate food, in order to address food insecurity in all jurisdictions of the State party and to promote healthier diets.

The American College of Nurse - Midwives and the North American Registry of Midwives recommend that midwives should at minimum meet the standards of midwifery established by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), which include completion of a formal midwifery education program, national certification, and licensure in the local jurisdiction of practice.32, 33 Certified professional midwives (CPMs) may achieve certification through apprenticeship and portfolio evaluation without obtaining a formal midwifery degree; within CPM professional organizations efforts are under way to uniformly adopt ICM standards.33, 34 Oregon has followed this trend; in 2015 licensure became mandatory for attendants at out - of - hospital births.

Each local educational agency that participates in the National School Lunch Program or other federal child nutrition programs is required by federal law to establish a local school wellness policy for all schools under its jurisdiction.

The writ indicated that «since there is no written notice for the Applicant's removal from office, in consonance with Article 10 (4) of the NPP Constitution, the Disciplinary Committee lacked jurisdiction to have recommended the Applicant's suspension and the National Executive Committee had no jurisdiction to have affirmed the said decision to suspend the Applicant let alone indefinitely.»

«It is respectfully submitted therefore My Lord, that on the basis of the grounds argued above, of Lack of, or Excess of Jurisdiction, Procedural Irregularity and breach of the rules of natural justice it is submitted that the decision of the National Disciplinary Committee dated 2nd December, 2015 and endorsed by the National Executive Committee on 10th December 2015 be brought up to this court for purposes of having same quashed.»

Federal law requires jurisdictions that vote for President to tell the National Archives the number of votes received by each candidate for presidential elector.

The court held that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could continue with the conduct of its supplementary election in the state slated for tomorrow owing to its submission that only the election petition tribunal had the jurisdiction to hear the cases before it.

«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.

All States may participate in and permit, provided that the Security Council decides in advance on a case - by - case basis to approve: the supply, sale or transfer directly or indirectly from or through their territories, or by their nationals or individuals subject to their jurisdiction, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, to Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, including spare parts, and the provision to Iran by their nationals or from or through their territories of technical training, financial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and related materiel described in this subparagraph.

The facts said the National Security did not have the money to fund the transaction and for that reason the NCA, which had supervisory jurisdiction over the use of such equipment, was asked to fund the project.

The Welsh devolution referendum on law - making powers also known as the Referendum on the law - making powers of the National Assembly for Wales was a non-binding referendum held in Wales on 3 March 2011 on whether the Welsh Assembly should have full law making powers in the twenty subject areas where it has jurisdiction.

A statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the Party said, «From the rascally attempt to overrun a court of competent jurisdiction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to halt the wheel of justice, the burning of their own secretariat in Owerri, Imo state, the gruesome murder of their own members in Lagos and Oyo States to the malignant disputation and lust for power by its leaders across the nation, it is clear that the APC is not organic but a soulless mob without any form of conscience and integrity; an «evil wind that blows no good».

The argument of the jurisdiction does not hold water for me taking the fact that the president sworn into office the foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway at the Ghanaian Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia when he assumed officer as president January last year because at the time she was already in Ethiopia on a national assignment.

«Countries are starting to invest more to document genetic aspects of species in their national jurisdictions, to better understand how to get reimbursed for their use,» says Djoghlaf.

The current G7 proposal for a global ocean observing initiative is a valuable test case for the role of science in shaping diplomatic relations in the management of international spaces beyond national jurisdiction.

«The Coral Sea is one of a handful of places in the world where a very large oceanic no - take park can be created and monitored in a single national jurisdiction,» say Professors Terry Hughes and Bob Pressey of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University.

The NCANP also serves as a referral resource for members of the public who are searching for Naturopathic Doctors in North Carolina who have met the rigorous national standards for the profession and who are eligible for licensure or registration in one of the 23 U.S. jurisdictions that regulate the practice of Naturopathic Medicine.

«There's a mixed message here, particularly for those providers — such as Professor Craven's ACU, which has programs in various jurisdictions — that is, agreement that we need national standards and higher expectations, but there might be more than marginal differences between expectations of those different accrediting authorities.

May 3, 2018: NASDSE Executive Director Job Announcement: The National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) Board of Directors, which represents the special education directors of the 50 states and 11 federal jurisdictions, is seeking to fill the position of executive director for 2019 and beyond:

Tommy Fuller of the Fuller Law Group represented Universal Academy and successfully argued that charter schools are exempt from the NLRB's jurisdiction because they qualify as political subdivisions for the purposes of the National Labor Relations Act.

For grades 4 and 8, the NAEP national sample was obtained by aggregating the samples of public school students from each state and jurisdiction, and then supplementing the aggregate sample with a nationally representative sample of students from nonpublic schools, rather than by obtaining an independently selected national sample.

On a national basis, public charter schools receive a fraction (about 80 percent as of 2009 — 10) of funding relative to traditional public schools.22 In many jurisdictions, charter schools are ineligible for specific funding streams to which traditional school districts have access, such as funding for facilities and school transportation.

(a) Whenever the Attorney General receives a complaint in writing signed by an individual to the effect that he is being deprived of or threatened with the loss of his right to the equal protection of the laws, on account of his race, color, religion, or national origin, by being denied equal utilization of any public facility which is owned, operated, or managed by or on behalf of any State or subdivision thereof, other than a public school or public college as defined in section 401 of title IV hereof, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly progress of desegregation in public facilities, the Attorney General is authorized to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section.

(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to continue in attendance at a public college by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.

(Sec. 297) Amends the Cranston - Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to require state and local housing strategies to describe the jurisdiction's strategies to encourage sustainable development for affordable housing and the jurisdiction's efforts to coordinate its housing strategy with its transportation planning strategies to ensure that residents of affordable housing have access to public transportation.

The findings underscore the need for more effective management of fisheries and pollution and for strengthening protection of the 64 % of the ocean that lies beyond the zones of national jurisdiction.

These provisions of international law have been agreed to by all almost all nations and establish clear national responsibilities to not harm others beyond their jurisdiction, to pay for the damages to those beyond their borders who are harmed by domestic ghg emissions, and to not use scientific uncertainty as an excuse for failing to take protective action.

That's more or less what happened at the Climate Summit of the Americas with cities and other jurisdictions refusing to wait for national governments to get serious about climate action and moving ahead with their own solutions.

Its main focus, however, is on the discrete set of issues and options for nesting project - level activities within broader frameworks under the assumption that the issues will be broadly similar if the broader jurisdiction in which projects sit are national or subnational.

He has also voted to protect the National Ocean Policy, which improves ocean governance by facilitating communication and coordination across the 20 federal agencies with jurisdiction for ocean issues.

«The guide includes several case studies from around the world where greenhouse gas accounting firms, national authorities operating in under - regulated jurisdictions, and individuals or companies claiming to offset emissions in return for investment have cut corners, falsified information or received bribes.»

In addition to above points Article 20 expressly provides Member states retain their responsibility for awarding or revoking national citizenship thereby further distancing the two distinctintive identies of citizenship by locating them in different legal procedural frameworks, one belonging to that of European Treaty framework law and one belonging within national jurisdiction.

Nowadays, courts in leading jurisdictions do understand that public policy is not a hunt for the better law and is not destined to offer national protectionism beyond that which is indispensable.

The Court of Justice will have no jurisdiction in EPPO cases (contrary to what was suggested by the Draft Model Rules), except of course when a national court would ask the EU Court for a preliminary ruling.

For instance, a murder in a national park is within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United states, but my backyard is not, rather it is within the jurisdiction of Washington State.

Thus the maintenance thereof for UK nationals following Brexit would represent the continuation of the status quo of the legal regime for individuals from non-Member States who fall within the jurisdiction of the European Union's political and legal systems.

Prior to that, he spent 11 years in private practice, during which time he had a national practice in complex commercial litigation and handled «bet the company» litigation for clients in multiple jurisdictions throughout the country.

For Immigration matters, Matt is available to help clients around the country, including clients outside the U.S. looking to move to anywhere in the U.S. Because immigration is a national practice, licensure is only required in one U.S. jurisdiction.