Sentences with phrase «under existing law»

The Conservatives have said such measures would be illegal under existing law and the forthcoming equality bill.

Again, these individual sales are not covered under existing laws.

Between 2003 and 2013, the bill's sponsors say, 60,000 people have been arrested under the existing law.

The city is coming close to hitting its charter - school cap and only 30 more can be approved under existing law.

You do not have to wait to apply for relief because you have the right to raise these defenses under existing law.

But the group is even better at filing lawsuits using novel arguments under existing laws to try to restrict emissions of greenhouse gases.

The focus with water is quality under existing laws.

... [B] y choosing arbitration, the parties and their lawyers are giving priority to the decision of the specific case under existing law over the refinement of legal principles over time.

If passed, that particular bill, submitted earlier this month, would define when an initial coin offering (ICO) qualifies as a securities offering under existing law.

Many forms of harassment associated with cyber bullying are already covered under existing law.

Real estate professionals have a limited exemption from new rule - making not done under existing laws such as RESPA.

He said gays are part of a «very well - heeled community» that can achieve its rights under existing laws through the courts and contracts.

The IRS could probably do what Europe just did even under existing law.

Suddenly, someone bursts into the room with new information: a group of white propertied men who have been dead for two centuries, knew nothing of our present situation, acted illegally under existing law and thought it was fine to own slaves might have disagreed with this course of action.

And while some have questioned whether the interview revealed the ignorance of detail that Clinton alleges, the introduction to her email sets up supporters to see what her campaign wants them to see: «In fact, even on his signature issue of breaking up the banks, he's unable to answer basic questions about how he'd go about doing it, and even seems uncertain whether a president does or doesn't already have that authority under existing law.»

County Comptroller John Kennedy Jr. is pushing for those residential property owners to collect the same fee that established hotels and motels do on behalf of the county, although questions remain about whether that's possible under existing laws.

Nearly all the proposed measures were permissible under existing law.

Despite concerns of critics, California's State Board of Education, keenly aware of the financial stress schools are under, has since 2009 almost routinely approved class size waivers for scores of districts facing fiscal penalties under existing law generally aimed at keeping no more than 30 students in a classroom.

For instance, Nishith Desai Associates, an eminent law firm of the country have announced several times that Bitcoins are legal under all existing laws in India.

The penalties for not reporting child porn that one comes across, however indirectly, are far higher than the penalties under existing law for professionals who have contact with children and who do not report child abuse as required.

The cabinet will decide on Friday how to treat bitcoins under existing laws, said people familiar with the matter, adding that banks and securities firms will not be able to handle bitcoin as part of their main business, suggesting the crypto - currency will be treated more as a commodity, like gold.

The need for new laws may not be down to legal lacunae but to evidential difficulties under existing laws, which a new offence simply would not solve.

Wu says under existing law, several state officials are empowered to take some kind of action.

Many of the children appearing in New York courtrooms have legal recourse to stay in the country under existing law, due to the dangers they faced at home, Mr. Annobil said.

Criticising both the constraints imposed by parliament and the courts and the limitations of control orders he complained: «Under the existing laws control orders are as far as we can go.»

The New York Senate voted 60 - 0 Wednesday to allow the two ride - hailing apps to begin service in cities like Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany on June 29, 10 days earlier than they can start under an existing law passed earlier this year.

Critics note that contributions to such accounts are unlimited and their expenditures almost completely obscured under existing law.

Pruitt said mercury should be regulated under existing law, but questioned the cost - benefit analyses EPA did to justify regulations.

But it is arguable that school employees have adequate recourse under existing law.

- AB 1756, by Assemblyman Stephen Knight, R - Antelope Valley, which would authorize school districts to elect not to provide a study of the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States, as required under an existing law effective January 1, 2012.

Eight education advocacy groups last week wrote to Cerf opposing approval of virtual schools, raising objections from the cost, to the fact they say the state does not have legislative authority to approve online charters under existing law.

But the plain result is clear, said Brendan Cummings of the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the lead environmental groups behind the years - long legal push on greenhouse restrictions under existing laws:

«They want a new law, but they're not just going to run in place and do nothing under the existing law.

The president and the EPA have used many, though not all, of the options they have to cut carbon pollution under existing law.

Can federal and state governments move ahead under existing law to achieve some or all of the greenhouse gas reductions envisioned in the failed legislation?

Shrinking employment opportunities for recent graduates under existing law firm structures.

Regrettable, actually, as we've been arresting terrorists under the existing laws, through plain ordinary good police work...

It opposed the addition of caste as a new characteristic but supported adding descent to the definition of race, stating that caste discrimination was a form of descent - based discrimination which was already covered implicitly under existing law, under race.

It is essential that any proposals for new legislation in this area do not derogate from the rights and freedoms we enjoy under existing law.»

To make the law compatible with human rights legislation, a breach of covenant in pre-commencement tenancies will only constitute tenant default where the tenancy could be forfeited by the landlord for the breach under the existing law.

«Those are important steps, but the Court moved the needle from what was an incredibly high bar where it was virtually impossible to fee shift to a lower bar, but you're still limited under existing law to exceptional cases.»

A long - standing deliberate move to establish itself as a FinTech hub that embraces cryptocurrencies saw Australian authorities push for a legislative bill to include domestic cryptocurrency exchanges under existing laws.

If Hacking Team for instance sold surveillance tools to Sudan, the company can already be held accountable under existing laws, he said.