Sentences with phrase «rights statutory bodies»

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Free teaching resources and more information is available online: www.equalityhumanrights.com/art Email: [email protected] Contact: 0845 604 6610 Closing Date: Wednesday 24 March 2010 The Equality and Human Rights Commission is a statutory body established under the Equality Act 2006, which took over the responsibilities of Commission for Racial Equality, Disability Rights Commission and Equal Opportunities Commission.

The same was said for the Church of England, which states: «The department respects the statutory right and requirement for the consent of various diocesan bodies to allow a church school to become an academy».

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

But professional regulatory hearings also bear some similarity to criminal proceedings as well: regulatory bodies are statutory bodies that perform a governmental function and are subject to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; they operate in the public interest; and they owe the same disclosure obligations of the Crown under Stinchcombe.

Although a statutory review or appeal body may have exclusive jurisdiction under its enabling statute, the Human Rights Code provides the Code will prevail in the event of any conflict between the Code and another enactment (s. 4).

She has co-authored practice notes on the «Prevent Duty» on public bodies in relation to terrorism (see article here); the status of Strasbourg case law; human rights and statutory construction; judicial deference and the margin of appreciation; civil contingencies and emergency powers; dealing with human rights challenges; and terrorism law.

Jurisdiction: The Tribunal made note of the quasi-constitutional nature of human rights legislation in its decision, as well as the fact that various adjudicative bodies such as HPARB have the responsibility and jurisdiction to apply the Code in the context of their own statutory mandates (¶ 23).

On the public confidence aspect, if, as has been the case here, the Commonwealth parliament sees fit to devolve certain responsibilities of a statutory nature upon representative bodies, the public has a right to ensure that those bodies can carry out those duties to the high standards expected of them.

Also during the reporting period, it was reported that the Northern Territory Government proposed to transfer town areas on land under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)(ALRA (NT)-RRB- to 99 year leases (from traditional owners)- this «head lease» would be held by a new statutory body, with the power to issue sub-leases for homes and business premises.14

The acquisition by the funding body of the statutory rights is suspended for the period the compulsory five - year lease is in force.

a funding body that has not acquired the statutory rights because there is already a compulsory five - year lease at the time a construction area has been created.

HREOC is a national, independent, statutory body established under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986.