Sentence examples for defence act from inspiring English sources

British housebuilders, fighting off proposals to landscape new developments so that rainwater runs off naturally, plead that house prices will rise as a result, and thus four years after the 2010 Flood Defence Act, requiring such development to improve our much-depleted flood defences, there is still no agreement.

And four years after the Flood Defence Act, which requires housebuilders to create developments which ensure rainwater runs off naturally – rather than clogging up already overloaded drainage systems – it seems clear that Defra no longer has the staff to ensure the legislation is enforced.

But during World War One, Australia's Defence Act 1903 excluded people who were not substantially of European descent from enlisting.

This required legislation amending the Defence Act and was not implemented until October 1939.

The ADF's command arrangements are specified in the Defence Act (1903) and subordinate legislation.

Enlisted under the Defence Act 1903, the AIF was an all volunteer force for the duration of the war.

Additional defence acts were passed in 1886, 1890 and 1895 but, until defence passed into federal hands after 1901, the state's permanent military force was composed solely of artillery.

Lennie constantly updates online news as armed teams from the National Security Force, acting under the auspices of the Home Defences Act, tool up next to the hostage house.

Primary colour Reprints Related topics Military weapons Armed forces East Asia North Korea AsiaHe had hoped that by signing the missile-defence act he could avoid a row about this issue in election year.

"We have an NDAA [National Defence Authorisation Act] where they disappear people now.

A wide range of bills signed by the President in recent years, including the latest National Defence Authorisation Act, contain provisions that have been interpreted as potentially allowing for a previously unthinkable erosion of the rights of US citizens.