Sentence examples for legislative basis from inspiring English sources

In the meantime, his government continued to systematically dismantle the legislative basis for the apartheid system.

She said the bill provides the legislative basis that meets the changing needs of the people of Wales.

It forms the legislative basis for several post-Bristol inquiry reforms, such as the strengthening of the NHS inspectorate, the commission for health improvement.

In his reasons relating to the release of the documents under FOI, Gleeson points out that the briefing direction issued by Brandis, "is the first time the process for briefing the solicitor general has been placed on a legislative basis".

Updated at 6.06pm BST 5.59pm BST It's unclear whether the legislative basis for this joke exists (depending on what the House is thinking), and it'll take a bit of explaining, but we're confident it's worthwhile.

"If you go about imposing the Volcker rule, I think it would be difficult to do it on a purely legislative basis, because of the potential for having unintended consequences," Mr. Bernanke told the banking committee at a hearing.

The Bundestag's motion approving the restricted import of stem cells now serves as a basis on which to establish legislative groundwork that regulates the import.

A common feature of environmental legislation is legislative authorization to act on the basis of anticipated harm, making scientific uncertainty an unavoidable aspect of regulatory science.

He is scheduled to take over on Jan . 5 serving on an interim basis pending legislative confirmation.

With new developments breaking, sometimes on a daily or even an hourly basis, lobbyists, legislative staff members and other political insiders start their day swapping the latest rumors or e-mailing stories to one another about the Middlesex investigation.

Cherie Booth, the wife of the British prime minister, strode purposefully into a thicket of criticism last month when she publicly praised Britain's Human Rights Act, a central element of her husband's legislative program and the basis for much of her work as a high-powered international lawyer.