Example sentences of "[art] statutory time [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A late election will not be admitted outside the statutory time limit if the delay is due to : oversight or negligence on the part of a partner or his agent ; because one of the parties to the election temporarily refuses to sign it ; or because the delay is deliberate to give the parties the opportunity to determine its effect on their tax liabilities . |
| 2 | A new civil code which came into force in The Netherlands on 1 January this year introduced a number of changes , among which was the reduction of the statutory time limit within which criminal proceedings must be initiated against thieves or holders of stolen property from thirty years to twenty . |
| 3 | We welcome the proposal to reduce the statutory time limit on all existing and future permissions which we believe is essential if minerals operations are to be brought up to and maintained at modern standards or reviewed to assess whether they should be extinguished because the environmental costs of working is too high . |
| 4 | Although the taking of professional advice is a material circumstance , the substantial cause of the failure to comply with the statutory time limit is one of the matters for investigation . |
| 5 | It will no doubt investigate what was the substantial cause of the employee 's failure to comply with the statutory time limit ; whether he had been physically prevented from complying with the limitation period , for instance by illness or a postal strike , or something similar . |
| 6 | In any event it will probably be relevant in most cases for the Industrial Tribunal to ask itself whether there has been any substantial fault on the part of the employee or his adviser which has led to the failure to comply with the statutory time limit |
| 7 | There is a statutory time limit of six years for claims under contracts under hand , and twelve if the contract is under seal : Limitation Act 1980 ss5 and 8 . |