Example sentences of "in the [noun pl] act " in BNC.
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1 | ( b ) ‘ authorised insurers ’ , ‘ the Council ’ , ‘ practising certificate ’ , ‘ the roll ’ and ‘ the Society ’ shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Solicitors Act 1974 ; |
2 | ‘ practising certificate ’ and ‘ the roll ’ have the meanings assigned to them in the Solicitors Act 1974 ; |
3 | ‘ practising certificate ’ and ‘ the roll ’ have the meanings assigned to them in the Solicitors Act 1974 ; |
4 | The theatre was given its own legal status in the Theatres Act 1968 , but the anomalous position of the cinema was not revealed until 1975 , when the President and Secretary of the BBFC were charged with aiding and abetting an indecent exhibition , namely the showing by Classic Cinemas Ltd of the Swedish sex-education film Language of Love . |
5 | This was the phraseology employed in the Theatres Act 1968 , but when the Bill was hurriedly amended , it was decided to bring the Theatres Act terminology into line with the remainder of the Act , and substitute ‘ having regard to all the circumstances . ’ |
6 | The Central and National Wages Boards , the precursors of the national level of the current machinery , were set up in 1920 and given statutory status in the Railways Act 1921 . |
7 | How curious that it should be enshrined in the Companies Act . |
8 | The current law governing companies is to be found in the Companies Act 1985 , . |
9 | The Regulations correct two minor defects in the Companies Act 1985 whereby certain small and medium-sized companies were technically unable to file abbreviated accounts . |
10 | After quickly dispatching such topical issues as the accounting treatment for war damage contributions and claims , it proceeded to issue a series of accounting recommendations , many of which were subsequently enacted in the Companies Act of 1948 . |
11 | If the Government is serious about reducing the burdens on business , it says , then the £2m turnover criterion contained in the Companies Act makes much more sense than the proposed £36,600 VAT threshold which is far too low . |
12 | The ASB 's interim statement on consolidated accounts , published in December 1990 as an exceptional measure to clarify the issues put forward in the Companies Act ( see ACCOUNTANCY , January 1991 , p 37 ) , included several references to associates and joint ventures . |
13 | I believe that the stricter interpretation above has to be preferred to the common-sense interpretation , because I believe the ASB was trying to follow the exemption in the Companies Act , so that cash flow statements would be included or excluded on the same criteria as group accounts . |
14 | These definitions are significantly more positive than those contained in the Companies Act 1985 , and they make no allowance for the likelihood of the contingencies crystallising into actual liabilities ; this is apparently in conflict with SSAP 18 , Accounting for Contingencies , which requires remote contingencies to be excluded from accounts disclosures . |
15 | accounting changes in the Companies Act 1989 . |
16 | This follows implementation of the EC Bank Accounts Directive in The Companies Act 1985 ( Bank Accounts ) Regulations 1991 , SI 1991/2705 . |
17 | The statutory recognition of auditors ' resignation occurred for the first time in the Companies Act 1976 , prior to which resignation would have constituted a de facto breach of contract . |
18 | Because the parent company will not be producing its own p&l account for publication ( having taken the exemption in the Companies Act 1985 ( s 230 ) where consolidated accounts are produced ) , the notes to the parent company 's individual balance sheet will show the company 's profit for the financial year , which includes the gain of £1.1m . |
19 | The Companies Act 1980 ( now consolidated in the Companies Act 1985 ) has extended the occasions when the consent of the shareholders to a transaction is required , so that , for example , before directors enter into long-term service agreements with their company , or substantial property transactions with their company , they must disclose the details of these transactions and obtain the consent of the shareholders . |
20 | These provisions , which are now to be found in the Companies Act 1985 , Part X , require directors and other primary insiders to disclose their holdings and dealings in the company with whom they are connected by way of employment . |
21 | He also referred to provisions in the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 relating to administrative receivers , and to many other provisions in the Insolvency Act 1986 and in the Companies Act 1985 which might conceivably have some bearing on this question . |
22 | The effect of the duty introduced in the Companies Act 1980 to have regard to the interests of the company 's employees , and of certain recent decisions in relation to creditors , will be examined in a moment . |
23 | In the Companies Act 1981 an option was given for certain smaller companies ( provided they are not public companies ) to produce modified or shortened accounts for filing with the Registrar of Companies . |
24 | SSAP2 laid down fundamental accounting concepts which were largely incorporated as a legal requirement for the first time in the Companies Act 1981 . |
25 | If there is no such charge it will normally be described as a ‘ bond ’ or a ‘ loan note ’ but , as the ‘ definitions ’ in the Companies Act and the Financial Services Act at least make clear , it will in law be a ‘ debenture . ’ |
26 | ‘ Charge , ’ ‘ security ’ or ‘ security interest ’ will be used interchangeably in the sense in which charge is defined in the Companies Act 1985 , namely as any form of security , fixed or floating , over a company 's property present or future . |
27 | Many of the matters discussed appear in the Companies Act under the heading ‘ Management and Administration , ’ and the orthodox textbook arrangement is to consider them merely as aspects of the company 's internal machinery . |
28 | A staggering transformation has occurred in the course of the 20th Century in the ambit of statutory provisions regarding company accounts , as will be apparent to anyone who compares the exiguous provisions in the 1908 Act with the profusion of sections and Schedules in the Companies Act 1985 as amended , supplemented and re-arranged by the 1989 Act . |
29 | The law governing prospectuses is contained in the Companies Act 1985 . |
30 | [ As in previous years , BP group companies made no donations for political purposes , as defined in the Companies Act 1985 . ] |