National response to passive smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces A Background Paper National Public Health Partnership Legislation Reform Working Group Endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council November 2000 National response to passive smoking: Background Paper Acknowledgments The National Public Health Partnership would like to acknowledge the input to the development of this paper that was provided by a number of people. In particular‚ we acknowledge the
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Pit Bull Prohibition Tell me‚ what is the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions a Pit Bull? I can’t speak for everyone‚ but most of you didn’t think of some cute‚ cuddly‚ playful puppy. Most of you envisioned a savage‚ snarling‚ devil dog‚ chained to post in an abandoned yard totally focused on tearing you to shreds. Such stereotypes are created and amplified by scandalous media reports which contribute greatly to societies’ growing fear of these dogs. Fear implores a responsibility
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Executive Summary The Indian Government‚ to promote transparency and accountability in the administration processes‚ brought into force the Right to Information Act on October 12th‚ 2005. As per the Parliament of India‚ the purpose of the RTI Act is ‘to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens’[i]. The Act applies to all the states and union territories of India‚ except Jammu and Kashmir. The Act is applicable to all constitutional authorities – any
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COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS UNDER NIGERIAN LEGISLATION Introduction A contract is an agreement which is legally binding on the parties to it and which if broken may be enforced by action in court against the party that has broken it. A contract may be void or voidable. A void contract is that which lacks the essential ingredients or elements of valid contract and therefore of no legal effect. A voidable contract is that which is valid in the first place but may be ended at the instance of one of the
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P B Sawant presented a draft model law on right to information to the Government of India. A working group (Shourie Committee) under the chairmanship of Mr. H D Shourie was set up by the Central Government and given the mandate to prepare draft legislation on freedom of information. The Shourie Committee’s Report and draft law were published in 1997. Eventually‚ the Shourie Committee draft law was reworked into the Freedom of Information Bill (FOI) 2000‚ which was passed in the Parliament in 2002
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CF & CSA Legislation and Case Analysis March 5‚ 2014 This paper will analyze a case in Nanaimo through the Provincial Court of British Columbia‚ Family Division. In the matter of the Child‚ Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA)‚ R.S.B.C. 1996 c.46 and the three year old child between the Director of Child‚ Family and Community Service and the parents. This case also covers an application from the father in the matter of the Family Relations Act (FRA)‚ R.S
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In September 2011 the Victorian government decided that the legislation on dangerous dogs were not tough enough after the fatal attack of ayon chol. Dogs considered dangerous are American pit bulls‚ Fila Brasileiro‚ Japanese Tosa‚ Dogo Argentino and Presa Canario as listed on the government website although only the pit bull terriers and one Dogo Argentino are actually living in Victoria. These laws are discriminatory and futile. The laws that target the ’dangerous dogs’ are the governments fruitless
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Care workers have got the responsibility to follow the relevant legislation which is in a form of policies and procedures to follow while at the work place so as to protect the employer and the clients. Health and work safety work act 1974 has got policies and procedures to follow so as to protect others from risks that could happen at work and it has got policies and procedures such as fire evacuation procedures for example the hand massage room was checked so as to make sure that the fire doors
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Introduction The House of Representatives miserably failed to ratify the Freedom of Information bill‚ would-be law 15 years in the making‚ because of the purported lack of a quorum to put the bill to a vote in the Lower House session hall. A month before that‚ then presidential candidate Benigno Aquino III promised that the FOI bill would be a priority if he became President. An FOI law‚ after all‚ would concretize his vision to stamp out government corruption by making the records of public
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work‚ and adults should not be continually punished after serving their time. However‚ many careers require high ethical standards‚ and companies deserve to know background information about their employees. Research also shows that ban-the-box legislation disproportionately harms minority applicants—without concrete information‚ managers are more likely to fall victim to stereotypes and prejudices. So‚ is banning the box a fair‚ pragmatic measure? Or is it an invitation to discrimination and ignorance
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