Example sentences of "by [art] [adj] [noun pl] act " in BNC.
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| 31 | He had worked for twelve years on matters covered by the Official Secrets Act , of which , obviously , he was a signatory . |
| 32 | Communication between civil servants and Parliament is hindered both by the convention of ministerial responsibility and by the Official Secrets Act , 1911 . |
| 33 | The government has been obsessed with secrecy as is indicated by the prosecution of Clive Ponting and Sarah Tisdall over the disclosure of material covered by the Official Secrets Act and by their efforts to prevent the publication of Spycatcher by Peter Wright . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | Then there are the personal perils for breaches of companies legislation which are not only manifold but , supplemented by the Insolvency Act and , where relevant , the Financial Services Act itself amended by the 1989 Companies Act , threaten to catch the unwary at every turn . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | The establishment of the NIRC was a political act aimed at trying to contain trade union power within particular rules prescribed by the Industrial Relations Act 1971 . |
| 38 | 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 … |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | As an archive it is recognised by the Public Records Act 1958 . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | The local government system of the time had been given some shape by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 , but it was not until the end of the century that it acquired a structure that would enable it to take on the range of functions it has today . |
| 43 | This is the remedy provided today by the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | Registered Designs are provided for by the Registered Designs Act 1949 , amended by the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | By the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 no person other than the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority shall use any site for the operation of nuclear plant unless a licence to do so has been granted in respect of that site by the Minister of Power . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | That is , indeed , the line which has been taken in cases concerning the Scottish Union legislation ( e.g. McCormick v Lord Advocate , [ 1953 ] SC 396 ; Gibson v Lord Advocate , ( 1975 ) SLT 134 ) which , however , have failed thus far because none of the acts complained of as allegedly infringing the terms of union ( e.g. the conferment upon Her Majesty by the Royal Titles Act 1953 of the title of ‘ Queen Elizabeth the Second ’ , when there had never been an Elizabeth the First of Scotland ) has in fact infringed those terms . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | The trial did not last long , for once the Judge decided that public performance in the theatre was in fact covered by the Sexual Offences Act , 1967 , and that Mrs Whitehouse was therefore able to bring a prosecution , the case was withdrawn . |
| 52 | Its proposal that the maximum penalty for indecent assault should be ten years irrespective of the sex of the victim was implemented by the Sexual Offences Act 1985 , s.3(3) . |
| 53 | This is defined and regulated by The Statutory Instruments Act 1946 . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | Protection is now given by the Parliamentary Papers Act 1840 . |
| 56 | Infants were originally barred by the Parliamentary Elections Act 1695 but some nevertheless sat without challenge in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . |
| 57 | 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 ) . |