Example sentences of "act [adj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prima facie , this raised a liability to stamp duty under s57 of the Stamp Act 1891 according to the value of the debt assumed by the transferee . |
| 2 | The motivation behind the Criminal Justice Act 1972 lay in the desire of Ministers to be seen to be taking action in the field of criminal justice without any ideologically dominant objectives to fuel the legislation . |
| 3 | 5.39 of the Town and Country Planning ( Scotland ) Act 1972 provides for the grant of outline planning permission and 5.40 of the Act makes supplementary provisions in that connection . |
| 4 | The Criminal Justice Act 1972 provides for the Attorney-General to be able to refer a case to the Court of Appeal when he or she is concerned with the law applied by the Crown Court . |
| 5 | This is a concept relatively new to English company law having been introduced by section 9 of the European Communities Act 1972 to comply with the First Company Law Directive . |
| 6 | The Rent Act 1957 added to the problems . |
| 7 | The council was by section 71 of the Shops Act 1950 charged with the statutory duty of ensuring compliance with the Act . |
| 8 | The concluding words of section 18(1) of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 provide for the consequence of an adjudication in these terms : ‘ and thereupon the property of the bankrupt shall become divisible among his creditors and shall vest in a trustee . ’ |
| 9 | 14.1 If and to the extent that s 6 and/or 7(3A) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 applies to the Order , no provision of these terms and conditions shall operate or be construed to operate so as to exclude or restrict the liability of the Seller for breach of the express warranties contained in Condition 5 , or for breach of the applicable warranties as to title and quiet possession implied into the terms and conditions of the Order by s 12(3) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 , or s 2(3) of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 , whichever Act applies to the Order . |
| 10 | 14.2 [ Where the Purchaser is a natural person ] [ and if and to the extent that s 2(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 applies to the Order , ] nothing in these terms and conditions shall operate or be construed to operate so as to exclude or restrict the liability of the Seller for death or personal injury caused [ to the Purchaser ] by reason of the negligence of the Seller or of its servants , employees or agents . |
| 11 | Subsequently , the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 provided for the combination of the children 's department with other local authority social work services into new social service departments ( Sainsbury 1977:27 — 33 ) . |
| 12 | The Northern Ireland Act 1982 provides for the existing Assembly ( which lacks both legislative and executive powers ) to make proposals for the transfers to the Assembly of legislative and executive powers but such proposals must be such as to be ‘ likely to command widespread acceptance throughout the community ’ and although attempts are currently under way to evolve such proposals , they have not so far met with success . |
| 13 | The net assets at completion should include the amount of the ACT recoverable in respect of the dividend payments , provided that the total ACT recoverable included in the net assets at completion shall not exceed the amount which can be utilised against Group taxable profits for accounting periods ending on or before completion to [ date ] as reduced in respect of the profits for the period from completion to [ date ] . |
| 14 | But on and after that date the Inheritance ( Family Provision ) Act 1938 gives to the dependants of a testator , and the Intestates ’ Estates Act 1952 gives to those of an intestate , power to apply to the court for a reasonable maintenance out of the estate , if such is not provided by the will , or the law of intestacy , or the combined operation of will and law where the intestacy was only partial . |
| 15 | The law on school attendance acts as a rather crude instrument in this regard , although the child-centred philosophy of the Children Act 1989 extends into the area of school attendance and perhaps offers a more appropriate method of enforcing parental responsibility . |
| 16 | In my judgment , the words ‘ is suffering ’ in section 31(2) ( a ) of the Children Act 1989 relate to the period immediately before the process of protecting the child concerned is first put into motion , just as in the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 . |
| 17 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the expression ‘ is suffering … significant harm ’ in section 31(2) ( a ) of the Children Act 1989 referred to the point in time immediately before the process of protecting the child began , so that , in determining whether the first threshold condition of section 31(2) was satisfied , the court had to consider the position before the commencement of the voluntary care when the children were with the mother ; that the condition in section 31(2) ( b ) related to care by the parent or carer whose lack of care had caused the significant harm to the child and not to the care which might be given by other carers if no care order were to be made , which only became relevant once the threshold conditions under section 31(2) had been satisfied in deciding whether or not a care order should be made ; and that it could not be said that the family proceedings court had been wrong in concluding , first , that the threshold conditions were satisfied and , secondly , on the evidence , that a care order to the local authority was the appropriate order ( post , pp. 1013H — 1014A , E–F , H — 1015B ) . |
| 18 | The test of obscenity laid down in the Obscene Publications Act 1959 derives from the common-law offence of obscene libel , which rests on |
| 19 | Act 1974 go beyond the securing of safety in employment and include : |
| 20 | The Housing Act 1974 adds to the above criteria of ‘ unfitness ’ a list of certain ‘ standard amenities ’ , the absence of which does not render a dwelling unfit but may make it eligible for improvement grants . |
| 21 | In either case sections 23 and 24 Trade Descriptions Act 1968 allow for the prosecution of the hotel ( whether it be a company or a proprietor ) or another person who is directly responsible for the commission of the offence , i.e. the reception manager . |
| 22 | Later the Children 's Panel Advisory Committee Chairman was informed about this alleged breach of provisions in the Social Work ( Scotland ) Act 1968 relating to the operation of the Children 's Panel . |
| 23 | Certificate under section 1(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 that point of law of general public importance involved in decision , namely , ‘ Whether the words ‘ office or employment ’ in section 16(2) ( c ) of the Theft Act 1968 extend to the engagement of an independent contractor pursuant to a contract for services . ’ |
| 24 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Broadcasting Act 1990 placed on the ITC the requirement to ensure that all bids were sustainable and stable for the whole 10 years of the franchise ? |
| 25 | Nothing in the Environmental Protection Act 1990 relates to the European directives to which his question refers . |
| 26 | Although section 76 of the Education Act 1944 imposed on the local education authority and the Secretary of State ( not the governors ) the duty to have regard to ‘ the general principle that … pupils are to be educated in accordance with the wishes of their parents , ’ the first positive duty to give effect to such wishes was contained in section 6 of the Act of 1980 . |
| 27 | The Education Act 1944 provided for the school day in every county and voluntary school to ‘ begin with collective worship on the part of all pupils in attendance at the school ’ . |