Sentence examples for if not competent from inspiring English sources

In South Africa, for adolescent trials to be lawful, consent must given by a participant with legal capacity to consent, or if not competent, by a person with the authority to consent on the participant's behalf.

If a person has negative motives, or if he is not competent to make informed decisions, his actions are not justified ethically.

"If I am not competent, prove it," said Mr. Safi, who said that he had already filed a lawsuit to force the government to renounce its assertion that he was not performing his job properly.

We therefore order you, on receipt of this letter, to take up residence in your diocese, so that even if you are not competent to redress spiritual evils you may at least minister to the temporal needs of the poor".

We excluded patients if they were not competent, did not speak English, were aged less than 80, were expected to die or be discharged within 24 hours, had previous formal advance care planning, or had no family.

Never attempt to start a vehicle if you are not competent to do so.

A weapon, even if it's in your possession, can easily be turned against you if you are not competent.

To avoid getting cuts, ask an older person to help you if you're not competent with can openers or drilling.

an administrative official and consequently was not competent if Heydrich decreed measures like that or approved of them.

If the child was not competent, their parents would need to provide consent (again, something parents do all the time).

I don't know the women in question in Iceland but I just hope they have the requisite skills because if these women are not competent it will horribly rebound.