Example sentences of "[verb] under the [adj] law " in BNC.

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1 The minister 's answer in Parliament that the cost to the airlines of providing concessionary travel for airline employees would be nothing was exactly what in practice had been happening under the old law .
2 For the same reason , no offence is committed under the new law either .
3 Suspected torturers are permitted under the new law to continue to interrogate detainees while charges against them are outstanding .
4 Instead , he proposed a package which provided for the highest degree of democratization permitted under the Basic Law , the colony 's Constitution which had been approved by China in 1990 .
5 Where a person was adjudged bankrupt before the new law came into force , he was entitled to an automatic discharge on 29 December 1989 or , if he was adjudged bankrupt after 29 December 1986 on a petition presented under the old law , three years after his adjudication .
6 In R v Birmingham Juvenile Court , ex pG [ 1988 ] 3 All ER 726 , a case decided under the old law , it was held that a local authority should always consult the guardian ad litem before applying for leave to withdraw an application .
7 In R v Plymouth Juvenile Court , ex pF and F [ 1987 ] 1 FLR 169 , a case decided under the old law , the court recognised that a solicitor would find it difficult to carry out the necessary close investigation of the facts without the aid of a guardian ad litem .
8 In R v Sunderland JC , ex pG [ 1988 ] 2 FLR 40 , a case decided under the old law , the Court of Appeal held that the guardian ad litem 's report should not be disclosed to an independent social worker instructed by a parent unless it could be shown that the evidence of the independent social worker would assist the court .
9 If the child has already been removed from home under an emergency protection order it may be construed to refer to the period immediately before the emergency order was sought ( see D ( a Minor ) v Berkshire County Council [ 1987 ] 1 All ER 120 , a case decided under the old law on a similar point of interpretation ) .
10 In a recent wardship case decided under the old law , Re H ( Minors ) ( Wardship : Sexual Abuse ) [ 1991 ] FLR 416 the Court of Appeal had to carry out just such a balancing exercise when deciding whether to make an interim care order in respect of four children alleged to be at risk of sexual abuse .
11 In R v Manchester Justices , ex pBannister [ 1983 ] 4 FLR 1977 , a case decided under the old law where residence had to be " habitual " rather than ordinary , the court held that a child resides where it eats , drinks and sleeps .
12 Herein lies the reason for the distinction drawn under the common law between credit sales ( where the property in goods passes on or before delivery ) , conditional sales and hire purchase .
13 Firms registered under the new law would be exempt from legal changes until 2016 , a clause that will reassure western companies thinking of taking advantage of the new facility .
14 There are many books dedicated to explaining in detail the basis on which damages would be calculated under the common law .
15 In addition , the principle ‘ that relief given under the Poor Law should be sufficient for the purpose of relieving distress , but that the amount of relief so given should of necessity be calculated on a lower scale than the earnings of the independent workman ’ ( Ministry of Health , 1921 , p. 47 ) still stood .
16 Only one terrorist , Fawaz Yunis , has been arrested under the 1984 law and the FBI lured him into international waters to make the arrest .
17 The case was brought under the old law and it was alleged that the child in question was exposed to moral danger .
18 Charles Docherty , who was Chairman of the club , and Nigel Ramsden , who was the club 's Accountant , face five charges brought under the common law of cheat .
19 Arthur Mutambara , president of the student council , who is in hospital as a result of injuries allegedly gained by jumping from a window , is to be charged under the Orwellian-sounding Law and Order Maintenance Act as a result of a statement he issued blaming the government for acts of ‘ state terrorism ’ .
20 Corazon Aquino , who had replaced Ferdinand Marcos as president of the Philippines in 1986 , expressed her regret that the " courageous efforts made by the American prosecution " had failed , and suggested that Imelda Marcos would be charged under the criminal law of the Philippines at some point in the future .
21 However , an action based solely on economic loss is unlikely to succeed under the normal law of negligence .
22 Lift urinators are not penalised under the non-flushing law .
23 The dangers to which the minority refer currently exist under the present law .
24 These new statutory powers , which are not without their doubters and critics , are in addition to those which already exist under the common law .
25 Should the same scenario arise under the new law , it is suggested that the following analysis applies .
26 9.6 Rights easements etc The [ operation of the Law of Property Act 1925 Section 62 shall be excluded from this Lease and the only rights granted to the Tenant are those expressly set out in this Lease [ and such further ancillary rights that arise under the general law or by necessary implication ] and the Tenant shall not by virtue of this Lease be deemed to have acquired or be entitled to and the ] Tenant shall not during the Term acquire or become entitled by any means whatever to any easement from or over or affecting any other land or Premises now or at any time after the date of this Lease belonging to the Landlord and not comprised in this Lease Section 62 of the Law of Property Act 1925 provides that a lease is deemed to include , in the absence of any contrary intention , all easements , rights and advantages appertaining or reputed to appertain to the premises at the time of the lease .
27 The words and such further ancillary rights that arise under the general law or by necessary implication should be included and could be expanded to include ancillary rights that arise by necessity
28 In summary , it is reasonably clear that the rulemaking powers in FSA , ss 55 and 81 permit rules to modify fiduciary obligations arising under the general law .
29 It is established that , a university being an eleemosynary charitable foundation , the visitor of the university has exclusive jurisdiction to decide disputes arising under the domestic law of the university .
30 With luck , the forthcoming election , which is to be fought under the new law , will result in a consolidation of Polish politics — and provide the parliamentary stability that is needed to support Eastern Europe 's emerging economic success .
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