Example sentences of "[verb] by [art] [adj] [noun pl] act " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still a device was invented to cover up the disappearance of an old landmark ; and at the accession of Her present gracious Majesty , she was unlawfully proclaimed by a new title ‘ Head of the Commonwealth ’ , subsequently legalised by the Royal Titles Act 1953 , against which I am proud to recall that I protested in my place in the House of Commons . |
| 2 | This is defined and regulated by The Statutory Instruments Act 1946 . |
| 3 | It will then be regulated by the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 and will , if laid before Parliament , be subject to the scrutiny of the Joint Committee on Delegated Legislation . |
| 4 | But Mr Mellor said many local authorities found the restrictions imposed by the 1950 Shops Act outmoded and ‘ rightly or wrongly have refused to enforce it . ’ |
| 5 | The experiences of the ACCA and the Association of Authorised Public Accountants during their first year as recognised supervisory bodies have confirmed the importance of the strict audit regulatory regime imposed by the 1989 Companies Act . |
| 6 | At that time the industry was having difficulties adjusting to the new rules imposed by the Financial Services Act . ’ |
| 7 | The UK disclosure requirements are imposed by the Financial Services Act ( which requires all material matters to be disclosed ) although the details are set out in the ‘ Admission of Securities to Listing ’ issued by the Stock Exchange . |
| 8 | A break with this doctrine was made by the Divorce Reform Act 1969 , now replaced by the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 , as amended in 1984 , and the present position is that the sole ground on which a petition for divorce may be presented is that the marriage has broken down irretrievably . |
| 9 | Independent advisers are bound by the Financial Services Act to pick the best insurance product for each case , choosing from all the products . |
| 10 | ‘ The legal sovereignty of Parliament has not been affected by the European Communities Act . ’ |
| 11 | As an archive it is recognised by the Public Records Act 1958 . |
| 12 | A limited defence is provided by the Obscene Publications Act for those defendants who act merely as innocent disseminators of obscene material . |
| 13 | There are detailed provisions which , following the precedent set by the 1985 Companies Act in the same context , attribute voting rights held by one person to another . |
| 14 | Access to information was otherwise protected by the Official Secrets Act 1911 , section 2 , and is perhaps now even more tightly controlled by the Official Secrets Act 1989 . |
| 15 | ( c ) European legislation Unlike United Kingdom delegated legislation , European legislation , the most typical example of which is regulations made by the Council of Ministers or ( informally ) the Commission of the European Community , enjoys the force of law within the United Kingdom without any parliamentary endorsement other than the general authorisation conferred by the European Communities Act 1972 ( see pp.136–7 below ) . |
| 16 | The S.I.B. , acting under powers conferred by the Financial Services Act 1986 , brought an action against the first and second defendants , two overseas companies , as persons who , not being authorised , carried on investment business in the United Kingdom and caused investors loss . |
| 17 | However , the consumer has certainly gained by the liberalisation of the supply and maintenance of telephone equipment , introduced by the 1981 Telecommunications Act , which has resulted in lower prices , wider choice and improved products . |
| 18 | Confidence in the securities markets was one of the features emphasized by professor Gower , whose report led to the regime of regulation for United Kingdom financial services introduced by the Financial Services Act , 1986 . |
| 19 | This was introduced by the Civic Amenities Act 1967 ( promoted as a private member 's Bill by Duncan Sandys , President of the Civic Trust , and passed with government backing ) . |
| 20 | The Great Reform Act of 1832 had been followed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 ; the extensions of the franchise in 1867 and 1894 were accompanied by further discussions of local government reform . |
| 21 | The former securities dealers did not , however read the financial press and were unaware of the shake-up engendered by the Financial Services Act ( 1986 ) . |
| 22 | FINANCIAL advisers and fund management companies authorised by the Financial Services Act could have to find more than £37m to compensate investor losses — a threefold rise in 12 months . |
| 23 | The law concerning nullity and divorce has been considerably reformed in recent years , and is now mostly governed by the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 . |
| 24 | The overwhelming climate of secrecy has long been encouraged and supported by the Official Secrets Acts 1911–1920 which have been used not simply to prevent disclosure of security information but to prevent the disclosure of all information which governments have chosen not to disclose . |
| 25 | Part of Labour 's election promise is a new Sex Equality Act to iron out loopholes and disadvantages not tackled by the Equal Opportunities Act . |
| 26 | The legislative purpose of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 , said Lord Scarman , was ‘ to sweep away not only the structure of industrial relations created by the Industrial Relations Act 1971 , which it was passed to repeal , but also the restraints of judicial review which the courts have been fashioning one way or another since the enactment of the Trade Disputes Act 1906 … |
| 27 | 2.7 The important thing to remember about the right of action created by the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 is that it is a claim for damages suffered , not by the deceased himself , but by his family after his death . |
| 28 | Infants were originally barred by the Parliamentary Elections Act 1695 but some nevertheless sat without challenge in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . |
| 29 | The task becomes one of persuading people that earthquakes will not follow , and that this step is merely another in the gradual process of acceptance and tolerance of varied social and sexual behaviour begun by the Sexual Offences Act , 1967 ; that there is nothing harmful or threatening in institutionalizing , and thereby recognizing , a relationship which some fear , many object to , and most still misunderstand . |
| 30 | Unlike BBC employees or freelance technicians , they are covered by the Official Secrets Act — which imposes prison sentences for unofficial leaks . |