Deanna Parkin 8 February 2013 Summarising key aspects of the Equality Act 2010 The primary purpose of the Act is to codify the complicated and numerous array of Acts and Regulations‚ which formed the basis of anti-discrimination law in Great Britain. This was‚ primarily‚ the Equal Pay Act 1970‚ the Sex Discrimination Act 1975‚ the Race Relations Act 1976‚ the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and three major statutory instruments protecting discrimination in employment on grounds of
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The Companies Act 2006 which received Royal Assent in November 2006 consists of 1300 sections and is the thought to be the single largest piece of legislation ever made. This Act restates and replaces most of the company law provisions brought in by the previous Acts. The 2006 Act introduces an extensive range of changes to areas of company law such as the formation of a company‚ directors’ duties and liabilities‚ members/shareholders rights and share capital maintenance. Although the majority
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on 21 December‚ 1951 Equivalent citations: AIR 1952 P H 277 Author: Soni Bench: Soni ORDER Soni‚ J. 1. This is an application by Shireen Mall under the provisions of Sections 18 and 19 of the Indian Divorce Act‚ 1869‚ read with Sections 3 and 4 of the Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act XL of 1948‚ praying that this Court may declare the marriage between her and the respondent to be null and void. 2. The facts as deposed to by the petitioner are that she was employed as a Sergeant in the
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Bhagat University School Of law Assignment On The Indian Partnership Act‚ 1932 Submitted to – Prof. Inderpreet kaur Submitted by – Digvijay Moudgill Roll No. – 5036 L.L.B 3 yearly Introduction Topic • One of the most forms in which business can be carried on is “Partnership”‚ where two or more persons join together to for the partnership and run the business. In order to govern and guide partnership ‚ The Indian Partnership Act‚ 1932 was enacted • Since public at large would be dealing with the
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The history of the American Disabilities Act did not begin on July 26‚ 1990 at the signing ceremony at the White House. It did not begin in 1988 when the first American Disabilities Act was introduced in Congress. The American Disabilities Act story began a long time ago in cities and towns throughout the United States when people with disabilities began to challenge societal barriers that excluded them from their communities‚ and when parents of children with disabilities began to fight against
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with the view that the 1867 reform act was largely as a result of public pressure for reform In 1867 the second reform act was passed by Disraeli‚ there were many factors which brought about the reform act and public pressure was definitely one of them however there were other factors which helped the 1867 reform act to be passed‚ such as the conservatives being opportunists‚ the personal ambitions of Disraeli and also the fear of unrest that pushed the act to be passed. Public pressure
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Information Technology Acts Paper BIS/220 December 17‚ 2012 Information Technology Acts Paper The advances in information technology have resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of many important acts. Two in particular acts are Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Children’s Internet Protection Act (2000). Both of these acts were implemented to protect humans from harmful content and healthcare information. The Health Insurance Portability and
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United States Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000 are to be addressed in this paper. The advancement in information technology such as the world wide web‚ search engines‚ YouTube‚ and virtual databases have made it easily accessible to obtain personal information‚ but also grant anyone access to age-inappropriate sites. The United States Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (referred to in this article as the "Act") was an amendment to the Counterfeit
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Chris Merriam-Leith DRUG AND MEDICAL Jan 20‚ 2010 History of the FD&C Act of 1938 The Food‚ Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) of 1938 was the final culmination of a series of legislative actions and tragic events in the United States that spanned a period between the years of 1820 to 1937. The final impetus for the passage of the FD&C act was a direct reactionary result for a series of tragic poisoning incidents that occurred before its enactment‚ as much as it was in response to a progressive series
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Zack Cearley 11/15/2012 Accounting 1101- Mason The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ often abbreviated as SOX‚ is a legislative act passed by Congress in response to the Enron and WorldCom financial scandals. The primary purpose of SOX is to protect shareholders from errors or fraudulent reporting by the company they have invested in. The Sarbanes-Oxley act is enforced by the Securities and Exchange Commission‚ a department dedicated to ensuring compliance to SOX from
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