Example sentences of "[num] act " in BNC.
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| 1 | Class Two ( 20 starters ) : 1 Fiona of Burnham , D L Geaves ( RBYC ) 9.24.32 ; 2 Act of Defiance , G Harrison & J Rankin ( RBYC ) 9.27.59 ; 3 Abzoelutely , C Mills ( CYC ) 9.31.25 . |
| 2 | FEMALE CIRCUMCISION UK , again produced by Louise Panton , reveals that despite the 1985 Act , young girls born and brought up in Britain are still circumcised , and in the most radical way . |
| 3 | This does not , of course , necessarily justify further departures from principle , nor indeed does it justify a departure quite as significant as that contained in the 1985 Act . |
| 4 | In addition to the Tribunal , however , the 1985 Act makes provision for the appointment of a Commissioner to supervise the use of the new statutory powers . |
| 5 | The exclusion of the courts It has been argued so far that the methods of control and accountability introduced by the 1985 Act leave much to be desired . |
| 6 | This was not done in the 1985 Act — with the result that it would be open to the Government not to comply with an order if it takes the view that the Tribunal 's decision clearly exceeds its powers under the statute . |
| 7 | Yet in sharp contrast to this development , the 1985 Act provides expressly that evidence which tends to suggest that illegal tapping has taken place is not to be admitted in court . |
| 8 | However , the Companies Act 1981 ( now consolidated into the 1985 Act ) permitted greater relief from publication of accounts for small private limited companies . |
| 9 | As far as access to one 's financial input is concerned , the Companies Act 1981 ( now consolidated into the 1985 Act ) lifted many of the restrictions which previously existed on companies purchasing their members ' shares . |
| 10 | Section 8 of the 1985 Act deals with the forms of articles . |
| 11 | A company limited by shares , by s. 7(1) of the 1985 Act , may register articles if it so wishes . |
| 12 | Section 741 ( 1 ) of the 1985 Act defines a director as ‘ any person occupying the position of director , by whatever name called ’ . |
| 13 | By s. 282 of the 1985 Act every public company must have at least two directors . |
| 14 | By s. 288(1) of the 1985 Act every company must keep a register of its directors at its registered office , giving details of each director — name , address , nationality , business occupation , etc . |
| 15 | The company secretary is an officer of the company , one which every company is required to have by s. 283 of the 1985 Act . |
| 16 | The status of this role is recognized by s. 286 of the 1985 Act , which in effect requires the secretary of a public company to be a qualified individual . |
| 17 | One of the most controversial aspects of the 1985 Act was the way in which crucially important services hitherto provided by the GLC and the six ‘ mets ’ were transferred not to elected second-tier authorities but to non-directly elected joint boards . |
| 18 | For example , in Dundee the Tayside Public Transport Company , which is still owned by the regional council , has been forced , under the provisions of the 1985 Act , to alter some of the services and make them commercial . |
| 19 | This was dealt with relatively simply in what is now section 80 of the 1985 Act to which the 1989 Act added section 80A . |
| 20 | But the Companies Act 1948 ( now the 1985 Act , section 182(2) ) enables numbers to be dispensed with once shares are fully paid . |
| 21 | The present provisions were introduced by Part IV of the Companies Act 1989 which inserted a new Part XII into the 1985 Act and it is to the 1989 interpolations that reference will be made throughout this chapter . |
| 22 | The 1989 Act substituted a new and somewhat simplified Chapter III ( Annual Return ) for that in the original Part XI of the 1985 Act . |
| 23 | Second ( under s.245B of the 1985 Act , as amended ) , the Government has authorized the Financial Reporting Review Panel to apply to the courts in cases where it believes that a company has not complied with the law . |
| 24 | Section 151 of the 1985 Act which generally limits companies from assisting people to buy shares in them . |
| 25 | Whilst the 1985 Act obliges us to ‘ afford access to our lands for the purposes of knowledge and enjoyment ’ , it is perhaps true to say that most visitors , possibly as many as 95% , make use of the Gardens as an amenity , and that we may have failed to emphasise the ‘ knowledge ’ goal . |
| 26 | The second , popularly believed to be more likely to succeed , challenges the constitutionality of the settlement on the basis that it went beyond the powers of the 1985 Act . |
| 27 | Because the scheme also involves a reduction of share capital the company will need to follow the procedures for a reduction as set out in ss135-138 of the 1985 Act . |
| 28 | The Local Government Act 1972 , Schedule 13 , as amended by Schedule 70 of the 1985 Act , allows local authorities to issue bills , technically Local Government Promissory Notes . |
| 29 | Robert Lowe , one of the bitterest opponents of the 1867 Act , warned : " Once give working men the votes , and the machinery is ready to launch those votes in one compact mass upon the institutions and property of this country . " |
| 30 | With lamentable predictability , however , there was a wailing from certain quarters against ‘ our ‘ namby-pamby ’ ’ methods ' and ‘ our drawing-room courts ’ , and what was taken to be the excessive leniency of the 1933 Act was accused of unleashing a tidal wave of crime among the young . |