Sentences with phrase «public benefit test»

The Charities Act 2006 (ChaA 2006) is the current incarnation of the 1601 law and what is new in the Act is the public benefit test (expected to be in force in March 2008) under which the «advancement of education» may fail to retain its charitable status if it produces insufficient public benefit as that term is defined, not in ChaA 2006, but at common law.

The Act created new charitable purposes, explicitly mirroring government policies and, more crucially, appeared to attempt to convert a non-ministerial regulatory body, the Charity Commission, into a law making one, with power, in the guise of satisfying the public benefit test, to end the life of any of the 183,506 registered charities — Catholic adoption agencies and public schools being its most recent targets.

The public benefit test was recently considered, albeit not in a media merger context, by the Full Federal Court in ACCC v Australian Competition Tribunal [2017] FCAFC 150 (Tabcorp) where the Court applied a broad concept of public benefit consistent with the Fairfax decision in New Zealand:

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Putting all three public pensions together is important because, as I mentioned, higher CPP income can mean lower benefits from the income - tested Guaranteed Income Supplement.

There were no tests of public benefit or conformity to public policy applied.

But if the assumption is wrong, if tax exemption is not a subsidy or a form of federal financial assistance, then the tests applied to charitable trusts are not appropriate to tax exemption, and exempt entities need not be required to render what the legislature or IRS considers public benefit or to conform to what they construe to be public policy.

The Tribunal was required to apply a different test, in which it had to be satisfied that the proposed acquisition would be likely to result in such benefit to the public that it should be allowed to occur.

The ACCC's warning shot prompted Murray Goulburn to test 2007 merger authorisation legislation for the first time by going straight to the tribunal for merger approval on public benefits grounds.

So, while it is sensible to include public benefits in the proposed formal clearance test if adopted, it could be testing territory for the ACCC.

«There is a very utilitarian ethic (cost / benefit analysis) to nearly every public health screening test and vaccination program.»

Our projects are ambitious, consistent with a tested investment philosophy, and designed to reap measurable benefits for the public.

The Financial Times suggested that in order to find additional cuts of # 30 - 40bn, the incoming government might have to cut public sector pay by 5 per cent, freeze benefits for a year, means - test child benefit, abolish winter fuel payments, and cut free TV licences and bus passes.

Public employee unions were angry with the governor for reducing pensions benefits for new workers, and teachers were upset over a property tax cap, which impacts school budgets, and test - based evaluations.

Cuomo's commitment to restraint will be tested by his increasingly progressive policy orientation and populist pledge to shovel more benefits to the middle class, including «free» public - university tuition for families earning up to $ 125,000.

Governor David Paterson recently signed into law CSEA - backed legislation to clarify that school district, and other local government workers, including those employed by public benefit corporations, be granted time off with no charge to their accruals for mammograms and prostate cancer tests.

• What I've picked up from the Liberal Democrat conference so far is that Nick Clegg wants to cut the pay of classroom assistants, home helps, lollipop men and women and other low - paid public sector workers, to means test middle - class mums to decide whether they deserve child benefit, and to keep tuition fees.

Goldsmith says that since SIL began two years ago numerous soybean breeders and public and private seed organizations have come forward seeking to benefit from SIL's breeder development and varietal testing programs.

These paths for further research would benefit public policies aimed at increasing the awareness of food waste, and would contribute to more effective nutritional education initiatives since messages could be framed based on insights tested in scientific studies.

Before a drug is approved by the Food and Drug Administration and made available to the public, it undergoes rigorous clinical tests on the possible benefits and disadvantages.

Third, students in the program also may have benefited from having more mixed - income peers than is typical in most public prekindergarten programs, which are means tested and therefore tend to include mostly low - income students.

The Bush administration's drug czar is telling public schools in a new document that drug testing of students has «enormous potential benefits» and that concerns about damage to individual privacy are «largely unfounded.»

But, if we're going to support our arguments for choice with test scores (using them to show either shortcomings in public schools or the benefits of choice), we have hitched our wagon to them and can't be surprised if people attack vouchers when poor test score results come out.

He said there is no benefit for a school to hold back testing a student because individual student and school scores on NAEP are never reported to the public.

They voted to require applicants for public assistance to take drug tests before receiving benefits and they passed legislation changing the elections for the Wake County School Board and gerrymandering the district lines to make it easier for Republicans to get elected.

The 46th annual Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup poll on the public's attitude toward public schools also shows that although America's support for the Common Core State Standards is waning and the public questions the benefits of standardized tests and international assessments, two out of three public school parents would still give high marks to the school that their children attend.

The consortium's subsequent studies found that elite public schools with admissions criteria did not improve academic benefits, test scores, grades or college selectivity, and for lower - income students, these actually worsened.

The briefing will be an opportunity for media to learn more about the Smarter Balanced Assessment, the benefits of the test, and each organization's plans and expectations as the state prepares for the public release of the results.

A number of studies have shown that in addition to benefitting from a more desegregated schooling experience, magnet school students tend to outperform students in regular public and private schools in both reading and math scores on standardized tests (Frankenberg & Seigel - Hawley, 2008).

But the creditor must apply these tests fairly, impartially, and without discriminating against you on any of the following grounds: age, gender, marital status, race, color, religion, national origin, because you receive public income such as veterans benefits, welfare or Social Security, or because you exercise your rights under Federal credit laws such as filing a billing error notice with a creditor.

Microsoft's Beam streaming service has been running public 4K stream tests for some time, and it's now fair to assume it will not only be PC streamers who will benefit.

While difficult to say in the abstract, what is clear is that asking Aboriginal title holders to bear a disproportionate adverse impact on their land for the benefit of the greater Canadian public will not meet this test.

Although it is possible to identify some benefits which might flow from public access to Government briefs and FISC orders related to Section 702 (j) proceedings, the «logic» test is not satisfied because any such benefits would be outweighed by the risks to national security created by the potential exposure of the Government's targeting and minimization procedures.

The LAA announced in its headline intentions document in January 2017, that contracts in the following areas of law would be awarded to organisations meeting its suitability tests and able to meet quality standards: Family; Housing, Debt and Welfare Benefits; Immigration & Asylum (including IRCs); Claims against Public Authorities (currently known as «Actions Against the Police etc»); Community Care; Clinical Negligence; Mental Health; and Public Law.

Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No 4, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008 (SI 2008/945) Brought into force, intralia, the fol lowing provisions of the Charities Act 2006 on 1 April 2008: s 1 (meaning of charity); s 2 (meaning of «charitable purpose»); s 3 («public benefit» test); s 4 (6)(guidance as to the operation of the public benefit requirement); s 5 (1)(special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc); s 5 (2)(special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc); s 29 (1)(duty of auditor etc. of charity which is not a company to report matters to the Commission); s 30 (Group Accounts); s 33 (duty of auditor etc of charitable company to report matters to the Commission); and s 38 (power of Commission to relieve trustees, auditors etc from liability for breach of trust or duty.

(Commencement No 4, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008 (SI 2008/945) Brought into force, intralia, the fol lowing provisions of the Charities Act 2006 on 1 April 2008: s 1 (meaning of charity); s 2 (meaning of «charitable purpose»); s 3 («public benefit» test); s 4 (6)(guidance as to the operation of the public benefit requirement); s 5 (1)(special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc); s 5 (2)(special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc); s 29 (1)(duty of auditor etc. of charity which is not a company to report matters to the Commission); s 30 (Group Accounts); s 33 (duty of auditor etc of charitable company to report matters to the Commission); and s 38 (power of Commission to relieve trustees, auditors etc from liability for breach of trust or duty.

«It could be a great benefit for economic growth,» said ChromaWay CEO Henrik Hjelte on the project's potential, further arguing that Sweden is the ideal place to test a blockchain system for land titles, as trust in public authorities is high and could influence agencies elsewhere to follow suit.

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A further trial needs to test if a universal programme adds public health benefit when coupled with an effective targeted family support programme (by improving reach and uptake).