adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a legal/statutory requirement
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There is no legal requirement to carry identity papers.
a statutory duty (= required by law )
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Local authorities have a statutory duty to ensure that parks are clean.
a statutory obligation formal (= something that the law says must be done )
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The Local Authority has a statutory obligation to provide education.
statutory offence
statutory rape
statutory regulations (= that are fixed or controlled by law )
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All government bodies are bound by statutory regulations on, for instance, race and sex discrimination.
the legal/statutory minimum (= the least amount the law says you must have )
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The wage was often well below the legal minimum.
the statutory/legal maximum (= one set by law )
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The legal maximum for election contributions was $1,000.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
account
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Section 240 seeks to ensure that recipients of the latter will not confuse them with statutory accounts .
agency
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Mr. Needham All the statutory agencies in Northern Ireland do whatever they can to boost investment.
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I also lobby statutory agencies , county councils and voluntary organisations.
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There should be some monitoring of what the statutory agencies were doing in relation to West Belfast.
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Alcohol and drug misusers may fear approaching statutory agencies for help, especially if they are parents.
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She has criticisms against statutory agencies who do nothing about this for fear of being branded racists.
audit
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The statutory audit of the Health Authorities is now under the Audit Commission's responsibilities.
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Before the 1983 Act, it had been suggested that these statutory audits were supplemented by economy, efficiency and effectiveness audits.
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This view of the statutory audit has other important consequences.
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And, in practice, the external auditor will take account of this in carrying out the statutory audit .
authority
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A local authority derives its powers from statutory authority.
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He must be on the premises lawfully, either by virtue of a warrant, under statutory authority or by consent.
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It is not clear whether mandamus is available in respect of any failure by a statutory authority to perform a statutory duty.
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The World Heritage designation has no statutory authority in Britain.
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Its effect is to expose to restraining action in the courts any local authority activity not backed by statutory authority.
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In many cities, most vacant land was not owned by local government but by the private sector and statutory authorities .
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Pleasant as it would be, we reviewers enjoy no statutory authority .
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The role will include liaising with social services departments, other statutory authorities and national and regional blind groups.
basis
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That amendment would put the youth service on a proper statutory basis .
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Enforcement following assignment of the reversion Liability of T towards L2 and vice-versa rests upon a statutory basis .
body
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It could be argued that this is far more likely to occur to a self-regulatory body than to a statutory body.
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If this is the argument it neglects the fact that statutory bodies are given very specific powers.
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There are some good arguments for tax payers' money being channelled to social service providers that are not statutory bodies .
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It is an independent statutory body , which can give you advice and may take up your enquiry with Royal Mail.
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The Action Teams also work in partnership with the other government departments I have mentioned and numerous other voluntary and statutory bodies .
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These were introduced in July 1983 when the new statutory bodies for the professions came into being.
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We also update the statutory bodies on aspects of the illness and its management.
construction
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As to the question of statutory construction I should myself have construed the section in favour of the taxpayer without recourse to Hansard.
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The Lord Chancellor, Lord Mackay, concurred with allowing the taxpayers' appeal on the grounds of statutory construction alone.
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The point is a short one of statutory construction which appears to be free from authority.
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However, both the statutory construction of the company and the Caparo judgment embody a principle which should endure.
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His Lordship realised the implications of the majority judgments and pointed out that the Order bristled with words requiring statutory construction .
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An aid to construction Next I must refer to an established principle of statutory construction which looms large on this appeal.
control
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He possesses one form of statutory control , i.e. unreasonableness.
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Old approach to interpretation Until the 1970s there was no statutory control upon exemption clauses.
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There are other differences, for example, as regards the statutory controls over exclusion clauses.
declaration
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The Law Society will require evidence such as a marriage certificate, deed poll or statutory declaration .
definition
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It is not to be treated as if it were a statutory definition .
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If a statutory definition were to be promulgated, it would lead to confusion, and a spate of litigation.
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Would the new statutory definition be taken as a fresh start?
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Rather the court gave an authoritative ruling on how the statutory definition applies in the case of a motor vehicle.
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Despite the recent advent of statute law in this area, there remains no statutory definition of what constitutes insider trading.
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There could, of course, be an entirely new statutory definition either wider or more restricted than existing law.
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A degree of statutory definition has been enacted in the past, without any noticeable subsequent insuperable or oppressive difficulties.
demand
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Even now he has not done so, although the judge set aside the statutory demand nearly five months ago.
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If a statutory demand is served, the debtor has only a limited period within which to apply to set it aside.
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Counsel submitted that service of a statutory demand constitutes the bringing of an action within the meaning of section 69.
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A statutory demand dated 15 August was served on the debtor on 21 August.
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The statutory demand was admittedly excessive in that it ought not to have included the sum of £146-odd mentioned above.
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The assessment was determined by the General Commissioners and a statutory demand subsequently served on the debtor to recover the tax payable.
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A statutory demand is one of the statutorily prescribed prerequisites to obtaining remedies afforded to creditors by a bankruptcy order.
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This disbursement was paid by Marshalls some time ago but not until after the statutory demand had been served.
duty
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The plaintiff must prove that but for the breach of statutory duty he would not have suffered the injury.
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He sued the defendants on the grounds of their vicarious liability for his brother's negligence and breach of statutory duty .
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The defendant employer was in breach of statutory duty in removing safety belts from a building site.
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It is not clear whether mandamus is available in respect of any failure by a statutory authority to perform a statutory duty .
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A statutory duty on local councils to provide integrated child care services for the under-fives.
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Proving the breach of statutory duty establishes a primafacie case.
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The action for breach of statutory duty is advantageous to the plaintiff when the statutory duty is strict or absolute.
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But many statutory duties are couched in quite vague terms which leave it unclear what the duty-bearer must do in concrete situations.
form
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The powers conferred by section 14 are new, at least in their statutory form .
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The citizen ought to be able to find the basic law, the principal law, in statutory form .
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Indeed, as the new offence is defined, it creates what is essentially a statutory form of assault.
framework
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The work often occurs within a statutory framework because levels of risk and vulnerability are high.
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We will provide a statutory framework of protection, including employee representation on occupational pension trusts.
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This statutory framework will be discussed in Chapter 3.
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A good starting point is the statutory framework within which they are working.
instrument
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All that remained was for the Lord Chancellor by statutory instrument to appoint a day for s9 to come into effect.
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In order to override that, they intend to introduce a statutory instrument .
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Mr. Speaker With permission, I will put together the Questions on the statutory instruments .
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A code of practice is not legally enforceable, like a statutory instrument , for example.
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Greater control will be achieved by providing that the power is to be exercised by way of statutory instrument .
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Appendix 1 lists all the statutory instruments made under the Act for easy reference.
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The Statutory Instruments Act 1946 only applies, not unsurprisingly, to statutory instruments.
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Simply implementing the Directive by means of a statutory instrument would result in yet another regime relating solely to consumer contracts.
interpretation
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This is an interesting modern example of statutory interpretation , which gives effect to Parliament's intention.
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His text, then, is an instance of statutory interpretation rather than substantive and wholesale innovation.
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The current trend is to regard many issues of statutory interpretation as questions of law, or mixed law and fact.
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To say that this was creative statutory interpretation would be a gross understatement.
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That does not mean that I would discard it as an instrument of statutory interpretation even were I empowered to do so.
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They also do so by this process of statutory interpretation .
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And of those cases, the majority involved matters of statutory interpretation with little or no political impact.
language
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The question is primarily one of construction of the statutory language used in section 82.
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Such a charge is in strict accord with the statutory language , and illustrates the meaning to be placed on those words.
nuisance
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He must therefore satisfy himself on a regular basis that it does not constitute a statutory nuisance .
obligation
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He said that the police had a statutory obligation for public safety.
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Albert is under a statutory obligation to repair the structure.
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It imposes statutory obligations on employers to set down and implement policy to safeguard the health and safety of their employees.
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Line managers are responsible for health and safety and have a duty to implement statutory obligations and group and local policies.
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In many of the cases arising out of homelessness, local authorities have sought to interpret their statutory obligations narrowly.
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The local authority increase in manpower, particularly ancillary and health workers, could largely be explained by such statutory obligations .
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There was, however, no statutory obligation upon the Council to produce one.
offence
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That is a statutory offence or, more bluntly put, a criminal offence.
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It created a statutory offence of riot - 12 or more people using or threatening violence for an unlawful purpose.
power
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For example, it does not apply to trustees who have special statutory powers of investment, such as some charity trustees.
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For example, a great deal of legislation is made by Ministers under statutory powers delegated by Parliament.
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The Law Society ran a compulsory liability insurance scheme for solicitors under statutory powers .
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A spokesman told us: The officers who searched the house were using their statutory powers .
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It is plain that those principles can not apply where the discretion is not exercised pursuant to a statutory power .
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We will give the courts the statutory power to increase sentences for those who offend while on bail.
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There are specific statutory powers to admit certain types of documentary evidence particularly relevant to child care cases.
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The issue has, to date, arisen in the context of public law cases alleging misuse of statutory powers .
procedure
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She then initiated the statutory procedure under section 9 of the Act to have an assessment made of J's educational needs.
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There is a statutory procedure laid down for the consultation process.
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The court will not sanction the scheme if the requisite statutory procedures have not been complied with.
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However, because of the Church's separate statutory procedure , listed building consent is not required for churches in use.
protection
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Essentially, this statutory protection gives a business tenant security of tenure.
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Legislation should be considered to extend statutory protection to auditors so that they can report reasonable suspicion of fraud to investigatory authorities.
provision
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A commitment to statutory provision alone fails those most at risk.
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These are expressed with differing degrees of formality in the form of statutory provisions , case law and conventions of the constitution.
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If the Woolwich principle comprehends payments made under a mistake of law then such payments are also covered by the statutory provisions .
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Thus the effect of the Order was to amend one of the statutory provisions .
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The statutory provision was held to prevent the defendant from relying on any form of the volenti defence.
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Various arguments have been put forward to suggest that specific statutory provisions have been entrenched.
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This would appear to defeat the intention of the statutory provision .
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Section 26 repeals a number of existing statutory provisions which allowed summary arrest.
rape
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On two separate but very well publicized occasions Errol Flynn was accused of statutory rape .
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The minister was charged with statutory rape in June.
redundancy
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Furthermore, a statutory redundancy payment will be offset against the basic award.
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There would have been no more than the statutory redundancies .
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The scheme was subsidised by the taxpayer in the granting to employers of a sizeable rebate on each statutory redundancy payment made.
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The Secretary of State maintained that because of section 82 the applicant was not entitled to a statutory redundancy payment.
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Thus, Crown servants are not entitled to statutory redundancy payments, but most have the right not to be unfairly dismissed.
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The qualifying period for the right to statutory redundancy pay is two years.
regulation
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At present, the use of such systems is not covered by any statutory regulations .
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But it is governed in some detail by statutory requirements, and so is undeniably a system of statutory regulation .
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We know of no statutory regulations or taxpayer's rights.
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Such an offence might range from a minor breach of a statutory regulation to a major crime.
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Aims were defined, certain statutory regulations laid down and five officers elected for the first three-year term.
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It is clear then, that there are flaws in relying upon solely statutory regulation or self-regulation to regulate insider abuse.
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The business of pawnbrokers, which consists in lending money upon pledges of goods, is the subject of special statutory regulation .
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The latter is in some cases subject to statutory regulation , in others it is a matter of local discretion.
requirement
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There is the concern about how the school can both maintain its own curriculum priorities and meet statutory requirements .
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But it is governed in some detail by statutory requirements , and so is undeniably a system of statutory regulation.
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One such might be the school development plan, now a statutory requirement .
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It is, I think, generally felt that the youth service is already a statutory requirement under various education Acts.
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The judge said that Union Discount had not proved that the purpose of an audit was other than to satisfy statutory requirements .
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The statutory requirements for the introduction of any new drug are particularly formidable.
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There is no statutory requirement to hold a register of such people.
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A more thorough review of statutory requirements in line with the Government concern to reduce burdens on industry has been announced.
responsibility
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All records were to be available to Cardiff city council to allow it to discharge its statutory responsibilities .
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Key partners in the arts investment game, who should have a statutory responsibility for cultural provision.
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Since then, the Government has had a statutory responsibility to increase benefits only in line with prices.
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The statutory responsibilities to safeguard the welfare of the community and children in particular often involves recourse to the courts.
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At present, however, the exact nature of the statutory responsibility is vague and outdated.
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Should not the Government enforce the statutory responsibilities of local authorities?
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This chapter outlines statutory responsibilities for vulnerable elderly people.
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However, should these agreements conflict with governors' statutory responsibilities the latter will take precedence.
right
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The legislation ensures that people have a statutory right to pay the community charge in manageable instalments.
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Employee advocates argue that the policies are an insidious way for companies to take away statutory rights that Congress granted workers.
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Most statutory rights have to be enforced within a strict time limit.
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The public have a statutory right to be present during council meetings and committee meetings.
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We saw in Chapter 6 that fixed-term contracts offer one, strictly limited, means of contracting out of statutory rights .
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The essential services have no statutory right of entry unless there is an emergency.
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Remember you have certain statutory rights as a consumer.
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Do you lose your statutory rights ?
rule
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A week's pay is calculated in accordance with a series of statutory rules .
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In this section, extracts examine the policy behind the law, the statutory rules and then the cases.
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This then is the context within which statutory rules and cases on adverse possession must be seen.
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Any statutory rules will of course take precedence over contractual rules.
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There are no statutory rules governing the procedure for deciding a prisoner's tariff.
scheme
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Their Lordships rejected the claim saying that the statutory scheme showed that leave was to be exparte.
sector
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It was made clear that the responsibility for actually managing real services should rest with the statutory sector .
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Nor is such variation in any way particular to the local authority element in the statutory sector .
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They can provide certain types of services more effectively than the statutory sector .
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We have an aging population and a growing number of residential care homes in the private, voluntary and statutory sectors .
service
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Many statutory services are not keeping pace with demographic change.
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But much volunteer help now flows to statutory services , like hospitals and old people's homes.
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Support from statutory services Professional services available to the carer come from various sources and vary a great deal from area to area.
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As statutory services continue to implement an equal opportunities policy these matters will need sensitive handling by social services.
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I think the statutory services which are the registering bodies also have a role to play in that.
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Private care can be flexible and innovative in a way that statutory services often find difficult.
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Private care doesn't have to answer to all the pressures that are on the statutory services .
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It is only during this century that statutory services have been developed and they came in a very piecemeal fashion.
tenant
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It is said that, not withstanding the order for possession, he was still a statutory tenant .
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The rules for succession after the death of a statutory tenant have been changed.
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There can now be only one statutory succession after the death of a statutory tenant .
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They dealt with cases which did not involve statutory tenants .
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That definition makes it clear that a statutory tenant is not the holder of a statutorily protected tenancy.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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statutory requirements for clinical laboratories
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Local authorities have a statutory duty to house homeless families.
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Officers have a statutory obligation to report any crime committed by a government employee.
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The statutory fine for this offence is $250.
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When you buy something, you have certain statutory rights as a consumer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A code of practice is not legally enforceable, like a statutory instrument, for example.
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Mr. Allen One is tempted to ask why the statutory instrument is needed.
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Section 26 repeals a number of existing statutory provisions which allowed summary arrest.
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Simply implementing the Directive by means of a statutory instrument would result in yet another regime relating solely to consumer contracts.
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So there aren't a great many local statutory reporting requirements to meet.
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The House will know that the Government thought long and hard about their decision to retain the statutory training board.
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The point is a short one of statutory construction which appears to be free from authority.
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There would have been no more than the statutory redundancies.