Sentences with phrase «of statutory underpinning»

Not exact matches

As the tin pot dictators of the world eagerly await the opportunity to introduce their own «statutory underpinning» to shackle the media holding them to account, we can but only hope that the Lords will take the opportunity to ensure that small organisations, local micro-newspapers and embryonic blogger sites are not cast into the same chaos as the large newspapers will imminently face.

Apparently it was, because Leveson's attempted half - way house of «self - regulated independent body with statutory underpinnings» had its central policy rejected by the government.

Actually, all that statutory underpinning means is that the independent regulatory body would be established by legislation, in a manner similar to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) that now administers MPs» expenses, after they blotted their copybook on this score a couple of years ago.

This is not to say, of course, that in the media's case, the legislation might be harmful to the free press, but it emphatically does not follow that statutory underpinning per se automatically equals state control of our principal organs of record.

So while many of us will be busy worrying about what «statutory underpinning» actually entails (any ideas?)

On the face of it, this proposal is disarmingly attractive: it would produce a superficially pleasing symmetry as between the positions that obtain in relation to Acts of Parliament and statutory instruments, in turn taking to their apparently logical conclusion concerns — relating to the two chambers» relative democratic legitimacy — that underpin their already different powers in relation to primary legislation.

First, Shoesmith was removed from office by a third party in advance of Haringey's decision to dismiss so there was no statutory underpinning at the time Haringey took the decision to dismiss her.

The most obvious change is that the Building Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/2531)(the regulations), the regime of statutory instruments which underpin the Building Act 1984, need to be changed.

The proposals do not constitute statutory underpinning in the sense envisaged by Leveson, and nor would they remove the legal capacity of a determined Government relying upon a simple majority to enact legislation so as to facilitate intervention in relation to the proposed press regulator.

A government school has more limited ability to tell you what to do (being an agent of the government), and there has to be some statutory underpinning for any restrictions they would impose on your liberty.

A statutory authority model, underpinned by legislation that mandates the National Indigenous Representative Body to advocate for the interests of Indigenous peoples in policy processes and for government to consider such advice, is one way of proceeding.