Sentences with phrase «parliament passed»

The human rights of Indigenous people are inalienably connected to the Act and the reasons the Australian Parliament passed it.

Proper consideration is not being given to the preamble to the Act which encapsulates the reasons Parliament passed the Act in the first place, and the matters it took into consideration.

In February 1992, the Parliament passed an Act stating that the mine and infrastructure area would not need to comply with WA's Aboriginal heritage laws: «The Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 does not apply to any place that is on land described in Part 1 of Schedule 1, Part 1 of Schedule 2, or Part 1 of Schedule 3, or to any object situated on or under any of that land [land for the mine and associated infrastructure]», Aboriginal Heritage (Marandoo) Act 1992 (WA), s3.

[60] The WA Parliament passed laws extinguishing all native title in WA [61](the WA laws were later ruled invalid).

In 1985 Parliament passed amendments to the Divorce Act that included the «maximum contact» and «friendly parent» provisions (sections 16 (10) and 17 (9)-RRB-.

In early July of this year, both houses of the Irish Parliament passed a landmark Civil Partnerships law, guaranteeing new rights to same - sex couples.

Note that on 26 August 1999 both houses of federal Parliament passed a motion of reconciliation, which in addition to identifying reconciliation as an important national priority, expressed «deep and sincere regret» for «practices of past generations»: Hansard, House of Representatives, 26 August 1999, p 9205.

The operation of the Native Title Act, and the system set up under it, are essentially not fulfilling the objects of the Act in accordance with the reasons the Australian Parliament passed the legislation.

Parliament passed a bill making Nov. 11 a legal holiday, but most Ontarians will still go to work on Remembrance Day.

Cyberbullying is now a crime in New Zealand after the country's parliament passed the Harmful Digital Communications Bill.

Authorson, for those who don't know, deals with the failure of the Canadian gov» t to invest disabled veterans» pensions and disability funds that it was holding for them, as far back as World War I. Then, in 1990, Parliament passed a law that eliminated the veterans» rights to sue for any losses arising out of this failure which losses occurred prior to 1990.

Since then, minor amendments to the Bill were introduced and on 8 May 2018 the Victorian Parliament passed the Long Service Leave Bill 2017 (Vic).

Contains the full text of Public General Acts of the UK Parliament passed since 1988, Local Acts passed since 1991, Statutory Instruments made since 1987, etc..

Britain's colonists in America were upset when Parliament passed laws interfering with their way of life.

So Parliament passed the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948 which provided that: «In any action for damages for personal injuries there shall be disregarded in determining the reasonableness of any expenses, the possibility of avoiding those expenses, or part of them by taking advantage of facilities available under the National Health Service Acts.»

Parliament passed the Trade Union Act on June 14 the following year, and soon all unions were seeking a 54 - hour work - week.

On June 25, 2008, Spain's environmental committee of the lower house of parliament passed a resolution to support the Great Ape Project, following an earlier resolution in the Balearic Isles, but was never enacted.

The Convention will become law in Canada on Dec. 1, 2013, almost seven years since the country signed it on Dec. 15, 2006, and more than five years since Parliament passed implementing legislation in March 2008...

On 9 January 2018, the Singapore Parliament passed a bill allowing the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) to hear the same international commercial arbitration cases as the Singapore High Court, under the International Arbitration Act (IAA).

In March 2004, Parliament passed Bill C - 45, also known as the Westray Bill, imposing criminal liability on corporations and executives that fail to ensure a safe workplace.

In 1977, Parliament passed the Canadian Human Rights Act with the expressed intent of providing equal opportunity to individuals who may have been victims of discrimination.

The Japanese parliament passed legislation in December 2013 to allow class actions in consumer claims.

On 9 January 2018, the Singapore Parliament passed amendments relating to the Singapore International Commercial Court («SICC»).

Parliament passed a law authorising a referendum.This Act was presumably passed by the Commons, the Lords, and then signed by the Queen!

Although dealing with the flag itself, and not the celebration of the flag, Parliament passed the National Flag of Canada Act in 2012.

By way of update to our Litigation Funding in Singapore report on 3 August 2016, on 10 January 2017 the Singapore Parliament passed amendments to the Civil Law Act legalising third - party funding in arbitration and related proceedings in Singapore.

But Parliament passed it into law.

That didn't happen, but in 1650 Parliament passed a law requiring that law books and judicial reporters be translated into English from Law French or Law Latin.

Presumption The Court of Appeal decided that when Parliament passed s 34 of CDA 1998 it must have intended the abolished presumption to encompass the concept of doli incapax itself.

In 2008 Parliament passed the Statutes Repeal Act, aimed at clearing out those portions of federal legislation that have passed, assented to, but not declared in force for, effectively, a decade.

In 2003 the Scottish Parliament passed the Land Reform (Scotland) Act.This provides more extensive public access rights to land.

In December 1918, Parliament passed a bill to establish a Commission with both regulatory and investigative powers, including taking over the enforcement of the existing Electric Light and Power Act, which regulated all electricity generators and distributors.

The Asian semiconductor powerhouse, whose parliament passed in June a crucial renewable energy bill which seeks to add between 6,500 and 10,000 megawatts of installed renewable energy over the next 20 years, announced last week its goal to raise its solar panel capacity from five megawatts to 1,000 megawatts by 2025.

The Irish Parliament passed the historic legislation in a 90 to 53 vote in favour of dropping coal, oil and gas investments from the $ 8bn (# 6.8 bn) Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, part of the Republic's National Treasury Management Agency.

The European Parliament passed a resolution in October 2017 calling for «the issue of vested or conflicting interests be addressed» and for «guidelines», [4] but the European Union has continued to block progress, alongside historic polluters like the USA and Australia.

In June 2011, the cabinet and parliament passed a set of six laws and one ordinance — the so - called «Energy Package» — that adopted 120 individual measures of the 2010 «Energy Concept» and cemented a plan to permanently decommission all 17 of the nation's reactors by 2022 — without abolishing the nuclear fuel tax agreed to in September 2010.

Indeed, this month in Scotland the parliament passed the Control of Dogs Bill. The law allows authorities to issue control notices to owners whose dogs are «out of control», create a nuisance or a danger which is determined by the dog» s behavior.

On February 8, the Belgian parliament passed a law (Pensioenovereenkomst voor Zelfstandigen, or POZ) that introduces a voluntary second - pillar pension program for self - employed persons who are not company directors.

Eight free schools - state funded but outside of local authority control - are due to open in the autumn after Parliament passed legislation in 2010.

In the 16th century, the festivities became so lively that Parliament passed a law abolishing Christmas altogether.

Recent moves in Europe, where the European Parliament passed a vote requiring large, listed companies ensure women hold 40 percent of non-executive board seats by 2020v, are a timely reminder of the need for companies to act.

The Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act, commonly referred to as the Cat and Mouse Act, was an Act of Parliament passed in Britain under Reseller Account Access Email.

Q: After Parliament passed the antigay legislation last December, your academy was asked to weigh in?

A further slice of debt would be cancelled if the country's parliament passed a bill on forest exploitation.

Nevertheless, Parliament passed the bill by an 88 - to - 2 margin, and Norway's Administration now must write regulations to implement it.

On Friday, the Norwegian Parliament passed a law banning cloning of humans and other «highly developed organisms.»

The Government had bee forced to hand over the documents since Parliament passed a binding motion on November 1.

For example, some years prior to the election of solitary Green MP Caroline Lucas, Parliament passed the Climate Change Act, which commits the UK to legally binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an ambitious 80 % by 2050 compared to emissions of 1990.

On 21 March 2018, the Scottish Parliament passed the Scottish Continuity Bill.

Last month the Afghan Parliament passed Article 26 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which would have banned all relatives of an accused from testifying in a criminal trial.