Example sentences of "the 1974 act " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the Health and Safety ( Emissions into the Atmosphere ) Regulations 1983 , referred to earlier it is expected that local authorities will take over the responsibility for prosecuting persons for such offences , as Regulation 7 repeals s.78(3) of the 1974 Act which had required proceedings to be instituted by an inspector appointed under s. 19 of the Health and Safety at Work , etc . |
| 2 | Section 3(1) of the 1974 Act prohibits the unlicensed disposal of controlled waste . |
| 3 | This seems to suggest that the policy of the 1974 Act is the recognition that there is a need for industrial waste to be disposed of , and the companies doing so are providing a much needed service , but such operations ought to be closely controlled to ensure that any interference on the surrounding locality is minimal . |
| 4 | Under the 1974 Act it was creditors not debtors who were liable to imprisonment . |
| 5 | They also produced a range of agreement documentation written in simple English but legally correct within the terms of the 1974 Act . |
| 6 | Mr Chapman was prosecuted under s 37 of the 1974 Act , which states that where an offence under any of the relevant statutory provisions committed by a corporate body is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of , or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of , any director , manager , secretary , or similar officer , or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity , he , as well as the corporate body , shall be guilty of that offence . |
| 7 | Overdrive , a company which offers hauliers the services of relief drivers to cope with peaks in their business , gives drivers specific job responsibilities under the 1974 Act ( see the extract from their Drivers ' Handbook below ) : |
| 8 | The passing of a decade between the Royal Assent granted to the Consumer Credit Act 1974 ( the 1974 Act ) and the bringing into force of all sections of this piece of legislation on 19 May 1985 has substantially contributed to the general confusion . |
| 9 | Lest it be thought that there is little help at hand , the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) , responsible for much of the supervision of the 1974 Act , does supply some helpful explanatory material . |
| 10 | Enquiries on the operation of the 1974 Act should be directed to : Office of Fair Trading , FieldHouse , Bream 's Buildings , London EC4A 1PR |
| 11 | Types of credit under the 1974 Act |
| 12 | Under Section 10 ( i ) of the 1974 Act , running-account credit is distinguished from fixed-sum credit . |
| 13 | Under Section 11 of the 1974 Act , a distinction is made between restricted-use and unrestricted-use credit . |
| 14 | An agreement will only be regulated by the 1974 Act if it is not exempt . |
| 15 | For a partnership wishing to purchase a new Ford van totally on credit terms under the 1974 Act , the following formula is applied to ascertain the maximum credit available : |
| 16 | A haulier taking up credit finance under the 1974 Act must sign a document in the prescribed form to comply with conditions laid down in the Consumer Credit ( Agreements ) Regulations 1983 as slightly amended by the Consumer Credit ( Agreements ) ( Amendment ) Regulations 1984 . |
| 17 | To be properly executed under the 1974 Act rules about the form and number of copies to be supplied have to be complied with . |
| 18 | Employers have a general duty imposed by s.2 of the 1974 Act to safeguard in so far as is reasonably practicable the health , safety and welfare of their employees . |
| 19 | The 1974 Act is enforced by the Health and Safety Inspectorate , who have various powers , prohibition notices , etc . |
| 20 | In response , Congress , in the 1974 Act , included provisions requiring the president to report impoundments to the legislature , making it possible for either the House or the Senate to compel the release of impounded funds , and obliging the executive to spend them in accordance with legislative intent . |
| 21 | Stiffer penalties for the principal offence embodied in the 1974 Act were awaiting implementation during fieldwork : these allow for a fine of £400 or three months imprisonment , or both , on summary conviction , and for ‘ a fine ’ ( without maximum ) or two years imprisonment , or both , on conviction on indictment . |
| 22 | After passage of the 1974 Act , however , the authorities had to contemplate the prospect that they themselves might be prosecuted for the polluting effluents from their sewage works . |
| 23 | The threat of the 1974 Act was the challenge posed to agency control over the enforcement of regulatory deviance by publicity and a strict liability law . |
| 24 | persuading a supplier 's lorry driver not to deliver so as to disrupt a commercial contract ) is protected if the attendance is lawful under the 1974 Act , but there is no protection for ‘ secondary picketing , ’ i. e . |
| 25 | Yet another basis for the removal of the immunity granted by the 1974 Act is to be found in Part II of the Trade Union Act 1984 . |
| 26 | At the time when the 1974 Act was passed it was thought that the issue on an application for an interlocutory injunction was whether the plaintiff had established a prima facie case , but in American Cyanamid Ltd . |
| 27 | Subsequent legislation and regulation have only supplemented the 1974 Act that made directors , managers and other officers liable to prosecution where they have consented to or have connived at the committing of any offence or where an offence has been caused by neglect on their part . |
| 28 | Publications have included a detailed account of the effects of the 1974 Act and associated regulations , as well as to make recommendations on how health and safety standards might be improved . |
| 29 | It should be noted that s 6 does not impose a civil liability , but only a criminal one ( see s 47(1) ( a ) of the 1974 Act ) . |
| 30 | Section 6(8) of the 1974 Act can relieve the seller of responsibility in these circumstances provided that he obtains a written undertaking from the buyer that the buyer will himself take the necessary steps in relation to the safety of the goods . |