Sentences with phrase «same piece of legislation»

Are we all thinking of the same piece of legislation?

But these words occur in the context of a single section in the same piece of legislation, where, I should have thought, their meaning would perforce have to be the same, whether it required an enlargement (or confinement) of our other understandings of «tort» or «dèlit» or both.

Not exact matches

While each one of these platforms owes its marketable existence to the same two pieces of legislation, Title II and Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, their individual approaches differ.

Following the introduction of various pieces of anti-discrimination legislation — which, among other things, prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation — guesthouse owners Peter and Hazelmary Bull were successfully sued by a same - sex couple for refusing to provide a double - bedded room.

meaning, the overall system itself is exploitative and needlessly punitive and just pretty shitty all around, so gaming that dumb system likely doesn't carry the same sort of stigma as, say, embezzling money from your company or taking bribes to vote on a piece of legislation.

Those same MPs who have for decades supported the Misuse of Drugs Act, that piece of arcane and ineffective legislation which outlaws the more «traditional» drugs - cannabis, cocaine, heroin, MDMA, etc - in every sense from personal use and possession all the way up to production, are now suddenly concerned with criminalising users.

The same day the legislature approved the master plan, Mr. Lindsay introduced the concept of the Regional Planning Alliance Program in a formal piece of legislation.

«Language that can not be secured in the body of same - sex marriage legislation can not be secured in a separate piece of legislation.

Klein said he was «disappointed» about the outcome, «but at the same time, I think it's difficult not to have a united Democratic conference — all Democrats, I.D.C., regular Democrats — on such an important issue and to expect Republicans to support such an important piece of legislation.»

The bill was the last piece of legislation voted on before the same - sex marriage bill.

In essence, each of the above pieces of legislation has the same intention of ensuring that all «relevant persons» will be safe should a fire occur in «relevant premises».

At the same time, the Delaware River Basin Commission — of which Paterson is a member — also looks like it is moving forward on allowing fracking in the area, despite objections from various sources (including Paterson) and a lack of adequate scientific review of the potential consequences.The energy industry has welcomed the moratorium as a positive alternative to what it called a «flawed» piece of legislation.