Sentences with phrase «royal charter»
A "royal charter" is a special document granted by a ruling monarch to establish and define the purposes and rights of an organization or institution. It gives official recognition and authority to the organization, sort of like a formal seal of approval from the royal family. Full definition
While incorporated by royal charter or under statute, they do not fall under government management.
slaw.ca
The prime minister is refusing to accept that primary legislation to establish a regulatory body for the press via royal charter is necessary.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) was established by royal charter in 1880, creating a robust system that benefited both employer and apprentice.
R (Project Management Institute) v Minister for the Cabinet Office [2014] EWHC 2438: judicial review challenge concerning the grant of Royal Charter status and its compatibility with the Treaty on European Union.
That is a key role of the body established under royal charter and it is not now within the power of Mrs Miller or any other politician to prevent the charter body operating in that way.»
R (Project Management Institute) v Minister for the Cabinet Office [2014] EWHC 2438: judicial review challenge concerning the grant of Royal Charter status.
The differences between the body which has been set up by the press and the body which is required under the parliamentary royal charter — they are significant differences, but they are not so great that, in my view, with a bit of will, they can't be overcome... We'd come so close to bridging the gap between what parliament is proposing and what the press is proposing that it shouldn't be impossible to sit round a table and just thrash out those last differences.
The query about staffing was raised in the context of a heated debate about the future of NCS this morning, given the company is about to gain Royal Charter status that will put it on a statutory footing.
He was also criticised for overseeing the 2 am Royal Charter meeting with Ed Miliband and Hacked Off over the Leveson proposals.
Ed Miliband has refused to link his battle with the Mail to the two competing Royal Charters going before the council, but analysts expect the row to make a compromise agreement between the newspaper industry and parliament much harder to achieve.
Read the compromise royal charter by the government as it tries to find a way out of the press regulation roadblock - in full and unedited.
The new proposal is understood to be closely modelled on the previous royal charter, but without a role for the state.
The government appeared to buckle to the press in the ongoing row over regulation yesterday, when Maria Miller invited publishers to set up their own body rather than submit to the state - backed royal charter.
Newspapers will be given a chance to make their reformed regulator work without oversight by the new royal charter, Maria Miller, the culture secretary, has said.
The company got the services bug almost 20 years ago when it launched its mortgage operation, Royal Charter Mortgage, one of the first real estate companies in its area to do so.
The ESRC is an independent organisation, established by Royal Charter in 1965, and funded mainly by the Government.
By appealing to the tradition of royal charters, the rebels were attempting to seek redress for their grievances within a well - established context.
The Institute of Directors (IoD), founded in 1903 and awarded a Royal Charter in 1906 is an organization that supports and advocates for businesses and their leaders in the United Kingdom.
The Institute is a body incorporated by Royal Charter, Registered Charity No 269275.
On 18 March, the UK's three main political parties agreed on a new press regulation system whereby an independent regulator would be set up by royal charter.
The home secretary's warning will alarm BBC chiefs ahead of the renewal of the corporation's royal charter in 2016.
On Monday, the Lords will vote on the legislation «underpinning» the Royal Charter on press - self regulation.
In recent years the term Big Society has been dropped, but the Government is introducing a National Citizen Service Bill to create a Royal Charter to put the National Citizen Service a permanent legal footing.
We have a Royal Charter to promote the science and practice of building and construction for the benefit of society, and we've been doing that since 1834.
The Institute was established in 1930 and received its Royal Charter in 1994.
The Royal Charter, Lucy Meadows, and a vote on workfare: this has not been a happy week for anyone who values personal freedom.
The Royal Charter threatens small news websites and blogs.
Sir Michael implied that this alleged loss of neutrality was due to concerns within the BBC about the Conservatives» proposed reforms to its Royal Charter.
As Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, observed, the solution involves a mixture of Royal Charter and statute.
Oral Questions (11 am)- Final all - party agreement on proposals for a Royal Charter on the supervision of ethical standards in the UK press - Lord Dykes
The newspaper's staff issued categorical apologies after the tweet, which could not come at a worse time given the focus on the press lobby in the wake of the royal charter on press regulation and Labour MP Jim Sheridan labelling parliamentary correspondents «parasites».
A royal charter supported by primary legislation seems the most likely outcome - but this one is far, far too close to call.
Peter Kellner discusses public attitudes towards the Royal Charter following the parliamentary debate (Comments: 3)
Introduce your Royal Charter.
Formed in 1830, its Royal Charter of 1859 is for «the advancement of geographical science».
«Our Royal Charter means that the public are at the heart of our service.
As part of the event at the House of Commons Terrace Pavilion, Minister for Universities, Science and Cities The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP will reflect on how the social sciences have developed since the council was granted its Royal Charter in 1965, when it was known as the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), and what a difference the research has made to society.
Labour says the Tories» plans for a royal charter would «dilute» the Leveson report, which recommended that a new press watchdog be given a statutory underpinning.
Appearing on the Andrew Marr programme, she added: «Really, the only role of the government was to oversee the traffic of the royal charter being put in place, which is a set of principles that will guide that [self - regulatory body].»
The alternative charter is a major challenge to the authority of politicians, who joined together on a cross-party to write up the royal charter.
«Early drafts [of the royal charter] contained several deeply contentious issues which have not yet been resolved.»
The passing of the royal charter opens the door for a judge to impose a financial penalty on a newspaper even when it wins a libel case — although any such move would have to wait for a year until the state - backed regulator is established.
But when the royal charter on a new press regulator was published yesterday it included a reference to «relevant publishers» — a term which included «a website containing news - related material [including comment]» as well as newspapers or magazines.
Online organisations should be included in the Royal Charter's proposed regulatory body, but steps need to be taken to ensure smaller sites are protected by Fleet Street.