Sentences with phrase «under federal jurisdiction»

A: The laws regarding support falls under federal jurisdiction, and since I am not a lawyer I can not quote the law.

Such a personal injury case may be filed under federal jurisdiction in the federal trial courts (called U.S. District Courts), or the case may be moved there if it was originally filed in a state court.

Instituted in 2015, WOTUS was billed as a way to protect the nation's drinking water by defining and expanding the range of waters under federal jurisdiction to include include tributaries, streams and wetlands.

It is not the first time New York State has used the Clean Water Act to control energy infrastructure typically under federal jurisdiction.

The Canadian Human Rights Commission (the «Commission «-RRB- ensures that both equal opportunity and non-discrimination occur in all areas under federal jurisdiction.

• Restore full collective bargaining rights; • Restore strong health and safety protections in workplaces under federal jurisdiction, watered down by the previous government; • Repeal anti-labour Bills C - 525 and C - 377; C - 10; C - 4; C - 59; • Restore pay equity in the public service, with full union right of representation; • Re-open the nine veterans» affairs offices shut down in 2014.

The President can pardon crimes under federal jurisdiction, what could prevent a pardon for a crime «committed in the United States» would be if someone committed crimes that also / exclusively falls under the jurisdiction of a particular state.

The proposed repeal also cites WOTUS saying that determining which waterways count under federal jurisdiction «is not a purely scientific determination.»

Various versions are at various stages of implementation in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and by the federal government (for parts of the labour force under federal jurisdiction).

The previous mobility arrangement with Quebec, the Quebec Mobility Agreement, allowed lawyers from common law jurisdictions to practise in areas «only with respect to matters under federal jurisdiction.»

They apply to workers under federal jurisdiction such as those employed in banks, telecom or broadcast firms, postal services, airlines, surface transportation, airports and seaports, grain handling facilities, nuclear facilities and First Nations governments.

The Guidelines Order, like all other Federal environmental assessment regimes until CEAA 2012, was predicated on environmental assessment being a planning tool to aid decision making in areas unquestionably under Federal jurisdiction.

The lawyer should be aware of relevant statutory and constitutional law relating to language rights including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 19 (1) and Part XVII of the Criminal Code regarding language rights in courts under federal jurisdiction and in criminal proceedings.

The Supreme Court found that the pith and substance of the Guidelines Order was to require the decision - maker to gather information about environmental impacts within all the heads of power under Federal jurisdiction before making that decision about navigation.

The only locations exempt from possible designation as a «public work», would be those clearly under federal jurisdiction, pursuant to s. 91 of the Constitution Act, 1867, (U.K.), 30 & 31 Victoria, c. 3, such as penitentiaries, banks, beacons, buoys, lighthouses, and «such Classes of Subjects as are expressly excepted in the Enumeration of the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces.»»

In Canada pipelines fall under federal jurisdiction, and the Canadian Government has essentially rewritten the entire canon of Canadian environmental law in order to ensure that the pipelines are approved.

Upon Mr. Pruitt's confirmation, the Trump administration intends to waste little time issuing directives scaling back high - profile EPA regulations, including a rule cutting carbon emissions from power plants and another bringing more bodies of water under federal jurisdiction, according to several people close to the administration.

Airlines, banks, trucking companies, television and radio stations and telephone companies are typically under federal jurisdiction.

As states, presumably they would have constitutions enacted by the voters of the state and otherwise not be under federal jurisdiction in the way in which organized incorporated territories are.

The federal government in Brasilia quietly reassured the oil community that drilling permits were under federal jurisdiction and that they should simply ignore the howls of discontent from local officials.

Brodsky added that he thinks a number of the larger corruption cases were prosecuted by the federal authorities simply because they fell under federal jurisdiction.

They said the measure would affect only a fraction of Wisconsin's wetlands since most are under federal jurisdiction.

Department paperwork is a necessary step for much offshore wind development since waters more than three miles offshore are under federal jurisdiction.

If the sale is from a workplace that falls under federal jurisdiction to one that falls under provincial jurisdiction, or vice versa.

Canadian tax law, through the Income Tax Act and the Excise Tax Act (for HST / GST) is under federal jurisdiction, although Quebec has a separate income tax act in addition to the federal Income Tax Act.

The obligations set out in the ESA do not apply to employees that fall under federal jurisdiction.

In Duncan, the newspaper argued that the federal law should pre-empt the state statutes, because the telephone call crossed state lines, placing it under federal jurisdiction.

Under the Constitution Act, 1867, bankruptcy falls under federal jurisdiction.

If your employer is under federal jurisdiction, the Canadian Human Rights Act applies.

Workers for employers who fall under federal jurisdiction are also protected by human rights legislation in accordance with the Canadian Human Rights Act («CHRA «-RRB- and the Employment Equity Act («EAA»).

Lawmakers interested in regulating in relation to environmental issues must bear in mind which aspects of the physical environment fall under Federal jurisdiction, which are under Provincial jurisdiction, and which may be regulated by both levels of government.

The effect of such an exemption would be that most activities of Manitoba businesses (except, for example, international or inter-provincial disclosures of information, or those under federal jurisdiction) would be governed by the provincial legislative scheme rather than PIPEDA.

The Obama administration is currently reviewing a controversial guidance document that it says will clarify what waters of the U.S. are under federal jurisdiction.

NAR has opposed this rule from its inception and will continue to push for a legislative solution to determine which waters are considered to be under federal jurisdiction and which are not.