query: when did the care act came into force

pos: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), often shortened to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or nicknamed "Obamacare", is a United States federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 amendment, it represents the U.S. healthcare system's most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. The ACA's major provisions came into force in 2014. By 2016, the uninsured share of

pos: Bupa the company was to sell its domiciliary care business, which provided care to around 35,500 people, to Celesio AG. Over the years, it has diversified away from its core health insurance business and is now an international healthcare company with services that include travel insurance, health insurance, care homes, expatriate insurance, health assessments, occupational health services and hospitals. When the Health and Social Care Act 2012 came into force in April 2013 Bupa won the first high-value contract – a £235m deal to provide musculoskeletal services in West Sussex jointly with Central Surrey Health in November 2014. It bought the

pos: Care UK a further seven care homes in Hampshire and the South Coast with the acquisition of The Care Partnership. Care UK delisted from the stock exchange in 2010 following a management buyout. Since 2010 its major shareholder has been Bridgepoint Capital. It bought Harmoni in 2012 from ECI Partners for about £50 million. In January 2014 it was announced that Philippa Slinger, the former chief executive of the troubled Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to join Care UK. Since the Health and Social Care Act 2012 came into force in April 2013 Care UK has won three

pos: Minneapolis HCMC safety net counted 596,397 clinic visits and 109,876 emergency and urgent care visits in 2015. In prior years responsible for about 18% of Minnesota's uncompensated care, HCMC provided much less uncompensated care in 2014 because, after the Affordable Care Act came into effect, its charity care declined more than bad debt went up. Funded in part by assessments on commercial properties, in 2009 Ambassadors of the Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District (DID) began working on 120 blocks of downtown to improve its cleanliness, friendliness and acceptability of behavior. They are employees of Block by Block, a company in Nashville, Tennessee

pos: Prevention of Animal Cruelty and Provision of Animal Welfare Act Prevention of Animal Cruelty and Provision of Animal Welfare Act Prevention of Cruelty and Animal Welfare Provision Act 2014 (; literally "Prevention of Cruelty and Animal Welfare Provision Act, 2557 BE") is a parliamentary act of the National Legislative Assembly of Thailand. The bill was discussed in the 2014 winter session of the assembly, and was approved by a vote of 188 to 1. It was officially enacted on 26 December 2014 and came into force the following day. It is Thailand's first animal welfare law. Its principal mandates are to impel animal owners to provide appropriate care and shelter,

pos: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 came into force on the day the Act received Royal Assent, 17 July 2013. The remaining, substantive provisions of the Act were brought into force by statutory instruments made by the Secretary of State. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013 brought into force various provisions of the Act on 31 October 2013: The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2014 brought into force a number of provisions for the purposes of making secondary legislation on 21 January 2014: The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Commencement No.

pos: Improving Trauma Care Act of 2014 Improving Trauma Care Act of 2014 The Improving Trauma Care Act of 2014 (; ) is a bill that would amend the Public Health Service Act, with respect to trauma care and research programs, to include in the definition of "trauma" an injury resulting from extrinsic agents other than mechanical force, including those that are thermal, electrical, chemical, or radioactive. The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. Similar legislation, , was introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI). An injury is the to a biological organism

neg: Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 no obligation to do so, and if they did not, the Act applied to them as any other space. It passed on 30 June 2005 with an 83 to 15 vote, with only the Scottish Conservatives opposing, and received Royal Assent on 5 August 2005. Since the ban came into force on 26 March 2006, it has been largely accepted by the vast majority of the Scottish public. Compliance rates have been high, and as of 14 June 2006, only one premises has been fined for permitting smoking, and that happened on the day the Act came into being. Additionally,

neg: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 has been passed by Parliament of India amidst intense controversy, debate and protest on many of its provisions by Child Rights fraternity. It replaced the Indian juvenile delinquency law, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, and allows for juveniles in conflict with Law in the age group of 16–18, involved in Heinous Offences, to be tried as adults. The Act came into force from 15 January 2016. It was passed on 7 May 2015 by the Lok Sabha amid

neg: Brian Haw to bring the act into force had made reference to demonstrations begun before the act came into force, there was no power for the commencement order to extend the scope of the act. The government appealed against the judgement, and on 8 May 2006 the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and therefore declared that the act did apply to him. The court found that the intent of parliament was clearly to apply to all demonstrations in Parliament Square regardless of when they had begun, saying "The only sensible conclusion to reach in these circumstances is that Parliament intended that

neg: Occupiers' Liability Act 1984 as the Occupiers' Liability Act 1984 and came into force on 13 May. The Act extends the common duty of care to trespassers as well as visitors, providing that this duty is to be required when the occupier has actual or constructive knowledge that a danger exists and that a trespasser is or may be near it. Unlike the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957, the 1984 Act only allows an injured trespasser to claim for death and personal injury, not for damage to personal property. The Act also makes amendments to the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, with the stated intent

neg: Mental Health Care Act, 2017 Mental Health Care Act, 2017 In India, the Mental Health Care Act 2017 was passed on 7 April 2017 and came into force from July 7, 2018. The law was described in its opening paragraph as "An Act to provide for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness and to protect, promote and fulfill the rights of such persons during delivery of mental healthcare and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto." This Act superseded the previously existing Mental Health Act, 1987 that was passed on 22 May 1987. It states that mental illness be determined

neg: Medically indigent adult or health care." Medially indigent people with significant illnesses face several barriers to health insurance. States like South Carolina came up with their own MIAP program to assist those who fall in the gaps. On March 23, 2010 the Affordable Care Act came into effect, which impacted the definition of medical indigence in the United States. The act is credited as benefiting thousands of Americans while also being detrimental to others. The initial intent for the act was to insure every person living in the United States, however in a 2015 article FiveThirtyEight stated that the act did not fix

neg: Care Inspectorate (Scotland) Inspectorate (SCSWIS) in 2011. The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 came into force in April 2011. It aimed to reduce and to streamline the number of Government agencies, including the different regulators. As a result, the previous work of the Care Commission, of SWIA and of HMIE (children's services remit) were absorbed into the new Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS). Care services in the country became regulated by SCSWIS, who from 15 September 2011, adopted the simpler working name of the Care Inspectorate. The Care Commission had the responsibility for the regulation of a range of

neg: Australian passport of Australia, but Australian passports did not exist. During World War I, the monitoring and identifying of those crossing international borders was regarded as critical to the security of Australia and its allies, and the "War Precautions Act 1914" required all persons over 16 years of age, on leaving Australia, to possess some passport. Passports issued by Australia were issued only to "British subjects" and were described as "British Passports". Australian nationality came into existence on 26 January 1949 when the "Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948" came into force, and the words "British Passport" on the cover of Australian passports

neg: History of copyright law and Ireland). The monopoly came to an end in 1695, when the English Parliament did not renew the Stationers Company's power. In 1707 the parliaments of England and Scotland were united as a result of the Anglo-Scottish Union. The new parliament was able to change the laws in both countries and an important early piece of legislation was the Copyright Act of 1710, also known as the Statute of Anne, after Queen Anne. The act came into force in 1710 and was the first copyright statute. Its full title was "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the

neg: Health Act 2006 into effect on 2 April 2007. Smoking was banned separately in Northern Ireland and Scotland — in Northern Ireland by the Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 which took effect on 30 April 2007, and in Scotland (taking effect 26 March 2006) by the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005. Section 13 granted the Secretary of State the power to increase the age for purchasing tobacco from 16 to 18, which came into force on 1 October 2007. The following orders have been made under this section: Health Act 2006 The Health Act 2006 (c 28) is an Act

neg: Australia Act 1986 as "a sovereign, independent and federal nation". While this might be understood as a declaration of independence, it can also be understood as an acknowledgement that Australia was already independent, leaving open the question of when independence had been attained. There is no earlier declaration or grant of independence. The High Court in "Sue v Hill" in 1999 did not rely upon the long title or the preamble, which conventionally do not have force of law. But it decided that the effect of the "Australia Act 1986" (Cth) was that, at least from the date when the Act came into

neg: Marriage Act 2015 other. Authorised solemnisers of marriage from religious groups are allowed to refuse to officiate at same-sex ceremonies. The Gender Recognition Act 2015 as originally enacted required a transgender person to be unmarried to recognise a change of legal sex; the Marriage Act removed this restriction. The act provided that applications for civil partnership pending when it came into force could be converted into applications for marriage. It was under this provision that the first same-sex marriages took place. Beginning six months after the act came into force, new civil partnerships ceased to be available. The minister's explanation was: The act

neg: Correspondence with Enemies Act 1798 in the Treason Act 1695 and the Treason Act 1708 applied to treason under these Acts. The Acts did not apply to anyone in the army or navy (but such people were subject to military or naval law instead). The Act contained an unusual feature (also found in the 1793 Act), in that instead of coming into force on one particular date, it instead came into force on different dates in different parts of the world. Correspondence with Enemies Act 1798 The Correspondence with Enemies Act 1798 (38 Geo.3 c.28) was an Act of the British Parliament. France had declared

neg: Canadian nationality law existing nationality law, prompted the enactment of the Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946, which took effect on 1 January 1947. On that date, Canadian citizenship was conferred on British subjects who were born, naturalized or domiciled in Canada. Subsequently, on 1 April 1949, the Act was extended to Newfoundland, upon the former British Dominion joining the Canadian confederation as the province of Newfoundland. The 1947 Act was substantially revised again on 15 February 1977, when the new Citizenship Act came into force. From that date, multiple citizenship became legal. However, those who had lost Canadian citizenship before that date did not

neg: History of Myanmar Buddhist Women’s Special Marriage Law in 1939 Myanmar Law Act No.24 of 1939). The Act came into force on 1 April 1941, but it was ineffective because of the 2nd World war. After independence, The Parliament of union padded the Myanmar Buddhist Women's Special Marriage and Succession Act, 1954(Myanmar Act No.32 of 1954) which repealed the former 139 Act. However, when the Myanmar Buddhist Women's Special Marriage and Succession Act, 1954 was passed, Myanmar Buddhist women who were married to non-Buddhist men did not receive relief from it because it had a lot of weaknesses. In order to provide effective legal protection to Myanmar Buddhist

neg: Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 which were valid under customary law when the act came into force, whether monogamous or polygamous, are recognised as marriages for all legal purposes. Marriages contracted after the act came into force are only recognised if they comply with the requirements imposed by the act. These requirements are that the spouses are 18 or older, that they both consent to the marriage, and that neither of them are already married under the Marriage Act or the Civil Union Act. The age requirement may be waived by the special written permission of the Minister of Home Affairs or her delegate. The

neg: Will Hurd returns, which would then have been reviewed by the House Ways and Means Committee in a closed session. He favors repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). In 2017, when House Republican leadership introduced the American Health Care Act (a bill to repeal the ACA), Hurd was faced with a political quandary. Hurd did not say whether he supported or opposed the legislation. Ultimately, after the measure was declared dead and withdrawn from a planned vote due to insufficient support, Hurd "released a statement in which he appeared to oppose the overhaul." When the bill came up for a vote again,

neg: Section 5 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms must sit at least once a year, Members of Parliament and Members of the Legislative Assemblies may raise concerns or inquiries or challenge government policies ("See Question Period"). This right did not exist in the "Canadian Bill of Rights". Insofar as the Parliament of Canada is concerned, section 5 instead replaced section 20 of the "Constitution Act, 1867", which had read: When the Charter came into force in 1982 as part of the "Constitution Act, 1982", section 53 of the "Constitution Act, 1982" repealed section 20 of the "Constitution Act, 1867". The difference was that section 5 merely requires a

neg: Direct Payments set up with the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act (1996) which came into force in April 1997 and was initially available only to a specific subsection of people qualifying for social care. The Act gave local authorities in Britain and Northern Ireland, the powers to make cash payments to disabled people. Initially, this was confined to people under age 65 years with physical and sensory impairments, learning difficulties and mental health problems. It was later amended to include older people, 16- and 17-year-olds, parents of disabled children and in England, Wales and Northern Ireland only, carers caregivers. This gave local

neg: Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 of Justice ruled that as Haw's protest had begun in June 2001 he was not required to get authorisation. The three-strong judicial panel accepted arguments by Mr Haw's lawyers that the law only applied to demonstrations that took place after it came into force, not those previously in progress. However, on 8 May 2006, this decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal. On 1 August 2005, the day that the Act came into force, the Stop the War Coalition and others organised a protest against the prohibition. They did not officially ask for permission, but at the subsequent court

neg: Black Act 1723 April 1723; it came into force on 27 May. The Act introduced the death penalty for over 50 criminal offences, including being found in a forest while disguised, and "no other single statute passed during the eighteenth century equalled [the Black Act] in severity, and none appointed the punishment of death in so many cases". Following a criminal law reform campaign in the early 19th century, it was largely repealed on 8 July 1823, when a reform bill introduced by Robert Peel came into force. The London Building Act 1774, which imposed restrictions on exterior decoration, was also known as

neg: Corsham did not have a mortuary – corpses were laid out on the bar of the pub until they could be transferred to Corsham mortuary. Hartham Park is a Georgian estate that includes a rare stické court. When the Local Government Act 1972 came into force on 1 January 1974, Corsham came within the areas of Wiltshire County Council and North Wiltshire District Council, electing one county councillor and three district councillors from the Corsham and Lacock division. On 1 April 2009, Wiltshire became a unitary authority managed by Wiltshire Council and the county's district councils were all merged into this

neg: Caleb Strong originate in the House of Representatives. Illness of his wife forced him to return to Massachusetts before the work was completed, so he did not sign the document. He was a vocal supporter of its adoption by the state's ratifying convention. When the Constitution came into force in 1789, Strong was chosen by the state legislature to serve in the United States Senate. As what is now known as a Class 2 Senator he came up for reelection in 1792, when he was again chosen. He was one of the principal drafters of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which established

neg: Children's rights in Malaysia Child Act 2001 (Act 611) has introduced several initiatives to safeguard children from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation. Incest has been criminalised by the Penal Code (Act 574), while the Domestic Violence Act 1994 (Act 521) protects the child against violence within the family. The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act came into force on 28 February 2008 and provides, among others, the legal mechanism to criminalise human trafficking and providing care, protection and shelter for the victims. At the international level, Malaysia has signed the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC) in 2002 and ratified it in 2004. Malaysia

neg: Health Protection Agency Act 2004 Health Protection Agency Act 2004 The Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c 17) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 1 (1) provides that there is A body corporate known as the Health Protection Agency, or, in Welsh, Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd. This section was inserted on 1 April 2009 by section 159(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008. The Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (Commencement) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/121 (C. 5)) was made under this section. Section 12(3) provides that paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 came into force at the end of the

neg: European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 government proposes to proceed, and must arrange for debate about that in Parliament within days. The approval provisions use certain words in special ways: The sections of the Act that came into force immediately when the Act passed into law on 26 June 2018, as listed in section 25 (1), include: Subsections (2) and (3) relate to the devolved administrations of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Subsection (4) provides for bringing into force by regulation the remaining provisions of the Act, including: No regulation for bringing any of those provisions into force was made before the end of June 2018.

neg: Succession to the Crown Act 2013 they came into force were the children of Lady Davina Lewis, her son Tāne (born 2012) and her daughter Senna (born 2010), who were reversed in the order of succession, becoming 29th and 28th in line respectively. When the Act came into force, the Duchess of Cambridge was expecting Princess Charlotte, upon whom the Act had no immediate practical effect; from her birth on 2 May 2015 she was fourth in line to the Throne, after Prince George of Cambridge and ahead of Prince Harry, just as she would have been had the Act not been passed. However, due to

neg: Diaverum is led by Dag Andersson, President and CEO and his executive team. It established a contract with IWantGreatCare in 2012 to allow its customers to provide feedback. Responses are collected and analysed in multiple languages for an initial roll out covering the UK and Spain. Since the Health and Social Care Act 2012 came into force in April 2013 the company has been awarded three contracts worth at least £150m. Diaverum describes itself as integrated renal care provider offering renal care from preventive and early stage to renal replacement therapies: Diaverum also conducts clinical research, under the direction of the

neg: Tim Holden authorization for the use of U.S. force in Iraq in October 2002 for President George W. Bush, he strongly opposed Bush's "surge" policy in January 2007. While Holden voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the signature legislative domestic policy achievement of President Barack Obama, in March 2010, he did vote for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law by Obama, in February 2009. While Holden voted for legislation supported by President Bush that toughened bankruptcy laws and enacted the Halliburton loophole, he voted for the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed into

neg: Welfare state general election many of Beveridge's reforms were implemented through a series of Acts of Parliament. On 5 July 1948, the National Insurance Act, National Assistance Act and National Health Service Act came into force, forming the key planks of the modern UK welfare state. In 1949, the Legal Aid and Advice Act was passed, providing the "fourth pillar" of the modern welfare state, access to advice for legal redress for all. Before 1939, most health care had to be paid for through non-government organisations – through a vast network of friendly societies, trade unions, and other insurance companies, which counted

neg: History of local governance in Kerala much significance. However, the Panchayats carried out their civic duties by means of liberal grants from the Government. The Panchayats did not have any machinery to execute works and the staff for the execution of several works in the Panchayat area were directly engaged and paid by Government. Even though Travancore and Cochin were integrated in July 1949 the pattern of Panchayats that existed in the erstwhile states continued to function under the relevant Act of each State till 15 August 1951, when a unified Act, "Travancore-Cochin Village Panchayat Act, 1950" came into force. The first Panchayat elections to village

neg: Lost Canadians to a Canadian citizen abroad would be dealt with on a case-by-case basis; such individuals would have to apply for a ministerial permit. Bill C-37, which received Royal Assent on April 17, 2008, amended the "Citizenship Act" to give Canadian citizenship to those who lost or never had it due to certain provisions in existing and former legislation. The law came into effect on April 17, 2009, one year following Royal Assent. People who were citizens when the law came into force did not lose citizenship as a result of these amendments. The law was made retroactive to the time

neg: Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 Act 1997. It came into force on 28 July 2010. This section came into force on the beginning of 2 July 2009. Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 The Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 (c 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was enacted to give effect to the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel. This section amends the Geneva Conventions Act 1957. It came into force on 5 April

neg: Consumer Rights Act 2015 Consumer Rights Act 2015 The Consumer Rights Act 2015 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidates existing consumer protection law legislation and also gives consumers a number of new rights and remedies. Provisions for secondary ticketing and lettings came into force on 27 May 2015 and provisions for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) came into force on 9 July 2015 as per the EU Directive on consumer ADR. Most other provisions came into force on 1 October 2015. The Act replaces the Sale of Goods Act, Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 and the Supply of

neg: Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Act 2009 will create a power to suspend the registration of approved driving instructors. They will insert new sections 124(3) to (5) and 128ZA and 128ZB into the Road Traffic Act 1988. Sections 5 to 7 came into force at the beginning of 12 November 2009 Section 4(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, this Act will be repealed by Schedule 2 to this Act, when that Schedule is brought into force. Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Act 2009 The Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Act 2009 (c 17) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was

neg: Members of the House of Lords provision since the Act came into force and are still living or have died since December 2017: Under section 41 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, peers are automatically and compulsorily treated as domiciled in the United Kingdom for tax purposes. Section 42 allowed peers who did not wish to comply with the provision to choose within three months of the act coming into force to give notice with the same effect as to resign and retire from the House of Lords. The following peers opted to exercise that right and are still living or have died since

neg: Wage Earner Protection Program Act 2005, the "BIA" was accordingly amended and the "WEPPA" enacted. These provisions did not immediately come into force, as several technical amendments needed to be passed in 2007. The "Act" came into force on 7 July 2008. The WEPP is administered by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, drawing on reports submitted by trustees and receivers of employers undergoing restructuring, bankruptcy or receivership. Under the Program, payouts are made to eligible employees who earned eligible wages during a specified eligibility period, and such payments constitute (in part) a "super-priority" upon the employer's current assets. As the "Act" only covers wage

neg: Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 per cent of the population and of those, 21 per cent (1.09 million) provided care for 50 or more hours per week. The Act requires assessments to be offered to carers, to consider the needs of carers in relation to leisure, education, training and work. Not all carers will wish to pursue all of these opportunities but practitioners completing assessments with the carer should be able to signpost carers to other relevant agencies. This section came into force on 22 July 2004. The following orders have been made under section 6(2): The Act Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 The Carers

neg: Dow v Black Act did not relate to inter-provincial railways, a subject matter reserved to the federal Parliament by s. 91(29) and 92(10) of the "Constitution Act, 1867". It was true that the railway company itself had been incorporated by an Act of the New Brunswick Legislature, shortly before the Constitution Act, 1867 came into force. However, the taxation statute in issue in the appeal did not relate to the construction of the railway, nor did it any way affect the corporate structure of the railway company. It simply enabled the majority of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Stephen to raise

neg: Raising of school leaving age in England and Wales November 2007, Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled the government's plans in his Queen's Speech. The plans included the duty for parents to assist their children in education or training participation until the date of their 18th birthday, as well as detailing proposed moves to reform the apprenticeship system and to improve achievement for children in care. The Education and Skills Act 2008, when it came into force in the 2013 academic year, initially required participation in some form of education or training until the school year in which the child turned 17, followed by the age being raised to the

neg: Ciba-Geigy Canada Ltd v Apotex Inc account in a tort of passing off, and there is no reason for the Court to adopt a different rule when the manufacturer is a pharmaceutical laboratory. In addressing Ciba-Geigy's argument, the Court also observed that despite the regulatory restriction on public advertising of prescription drugs, patients can still gain knowledge about the products through pharmaceutical advertising directed at health care professionals, and therefore risk being affected by confusion. Another important consideration by the Court is that the Prescription Drug Cost Regulation Act which later came into force gave patients increased control over the brand of drug he or she

neg: English law of Wales Act 2006 came into force after the 2007 Welsh general election. That said, the Welsh legal system remains English common law, in that the legal system administered through both civil and criminal courts remains unified throughout England and Wales. This is different from the situation of Northern Ireland, for example, which did not cease to be a distinct jurisdiction when its legislature was suspended (see Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972). A major difference is also the use of the Welsh language, as laws concerning it apply in Wales and not in the rest of the United Kingdom.

neg: Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 who has been convicted of an offence under section 7 of the 1933 Act, which prohibits selling tobacco to children under 18. (Section 143 came into force on 1 April 2009.) Section 153 of the Act provides that most of its sections will come into force on dates to be determined by the Secretary of State. However the restriction on prison officers' right to strike came into force on royal assent (8 May 2008), and the abolition of the offence of blasphemy came into force two months later. Fifteen commencement orders have been made under section 153. The second one

neg: Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 and Wales only, some sections extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Particular examples of this are the amendments to the Children Act 1989 and the rules on judicial pensions and appointments. The act was implemented at different times—some sections came into force on 1 November 1990, such as the allocation of business between the High Court and County Courts, Some came into force on 1 January 1991 such as the new discrimination laws in relation to barristers and barrister's clerks and some came into force at later dates determined by the Lord Chancellor. The clause on judicial pensions came into

neg: Du Toit v Minister for Welfare and Population Development May 2002, including a report by a "curator ad litem" representing the interests of the children, and a submission by the Lesbian and Gay Equality Project as "amicus curiae" relating to the welfare of children of same-sex partners in the event of a breakup. The court handed down its ruling on 10 September, unanimously agreeing with the High Court's judgment and confirming its order. The Child Care Act and Guardianship Act were subsequently repealed and replaced by the Children's Act, which was enacted in June 2006 although the adoption-related provisions only came into force in April 2010. It allows for

neg: History of electroconvulsive therapy in the United Kingdom under the common law. In 2002, just over one in five ECT patients had not consented to treatment. In Scotland the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 gave patients with capacity the right to refuse ECT. In 2007 Parliament in London considered amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983, including one which would give capable people the right to refuse ECT in some circumstances. Section 58A of the Mental Health Act 2007 gives people who retain decision-making capacity the right to refuse ECT, unless their psychiatrist thinks they need it urgently. It came into force in November 2008

neg: 1980s in Hong Kong to link the new towns of Yuen Long and Tuen Mun. 1980s in Hong Kong 1980s in Hong Kong marks a period when the territory was known for its wealth and trademark lifestyle. Hong Kong would be recognised internationally for its politics, entertainment and skyrocketing real estate prices. After being made a crown colony since 1843, the status of Hong Kong was changed effectively under the "British Nationality Act 1981", which came into force on 1 January 1983. The Act renamed all existing British colonies to dependent territories. The renaming did not change how the government operated but it affected

neg: 1980s in Hong Kong 1980s in Hong Kong 1980s in Hong Kong marks a period when the territory was known for its wealth and trademark lifestyle. Hong Kong would be recognised internationally for its politics, entertainment and skyrocketing real estate prices. After being made a crown colony since 1843, the status of Hong Kong was changed effectively under the "British Nationality Act 1981", which came into force on 1 January 1983. The Act renamed all existing British colonies to dependent territories. The renaming did not change how the government operated but it affected the nationality status of Hong Kong's then over 5 million inhabitants,

neg: History of Canadian women major change also happened in April 1981, when new family regulations based on gender equality came into force. Due to its Catholic heritage and traditionally strong influence of the church on political issues, Quebec has been very reluctant to accept divorce; until 1968, there was no uniform federal divorce law in Canada and Quebec did not have a divorce law, and spouses in Quebec could only end their marriage if they obtained a private Act of Parliament. Since 1968, divorce law throughout Canada is under exclusive jurisdiction of the federal Parliament; the current law being the Divorce Act (Canada) 1985,

neg: Lola Pearce she cries." In October 2012, Lola's daughter Lexi is taken into care. Harold said she did a lot of research into care and people in care, as she wanted to see how people felt about it. She added, "When it came to Lola's baby getting taken away I could easily imagine how horrible that is. It's the same sort of pain as someone dying. The worst pain you could possibly feel as a young girl would be having your baby taken away. So I just let it play out and the emotions came." She called it her "dream storyline" because

neg: Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 force on 1 January 1992 in the Statutory Instrument (SI) "Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (Commencement No 7) Order 1991". On 1 October 1991 the clauses on multinational partnerships and the modifications to the Children Act came into force with the SI "Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (Commencement No 6) Order 1991". The clause dealing with elimination of certain absolute rights of appeal came into force on 1 June 1992 through the Si "Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (Commencement No 9) Order 1993". At the same time the clause on recovery of costs in civil cases came

neg: Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 a "Canadian" was a British subject who would have been considered a Canadian citizen if the 1947 Act had come into force immediately before the marriage or birth (as the case may be). Where the child born outside Canada was not a minor (i.e., was not under 21 years in age) at the time the Act came into force, proof of landed immigrant status was required to confirm Canadian citizenship. In addition to those people who became Canadian citizens upon the coming into force of the Act (popularly known as the "1947 Act" due to the year it came into

neg: Correspondence with Enemies Act 1793 made treason. Merely travelling to France was punishable with imprisonment for up to 6 months. Any insurance policy relating to any ship or wares belonging to French subjects was made void. The rules of procedure and evidence contained in the Treason Act 1695 and the Treason Act 1708 were to apply to treason under this Act. The Act did not apply to anyone in the army or navy (but such people were subject to military or naval law instead). The Act contained an unusual feature, in that instead of coming into force on one particular date, it instead came into

neg: St John's Roman Catholic High School to the Brothers' house in Forebank and a new house built for them. This plan was agreed by the Provincial Council of the Brothers, and by 1918 everything was ready for the final steps to be taken. However, when the 1918 Education Act came into force, the diocesan schools were handed over to the local authorities, and the plans for a secondary school for boys came to naught. In 1931, a new "Central School" was set up to take the boys and girls of post-primary age who did not continue to Lawside Academy. It was to replace the Supplementary Classes,

neg: Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 into force for the reference to the date on which this Act was passed in section 23(6). Sections 26(1) to (3) came into force on 15 December 2004. Sections 42(1) to (5) came into force on 1 March 2007. Section 44(4) and the references to sections 15(6) and 16(2) and 19(2) in sections 44(3) and (5) are prospectively repealed by Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011. This Schedule is prospectively repealed by Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011. Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 The Police (Northern Ireland) Act

neg: Privity in English law was finally introduced to parliament in January 1999. It came into law on 11 November 1999, but the full provisions of the Act did not come into force until May 2000. The act made it clear that contracts made in the six-month "twilight period" could be enforced by the act if they made it clear in the contract that it was made under the terms of the Act. Section 1 of the Act allows a third party to enforce terms of a contract in one of two situations: firstly if he is specifically mentioned in the contract as someone authorised

neg: Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765 was given under a Private Act of Parliament in 1726, but as an Act of Parliament of 1609 had conferred the feudal rights over the island upon the Atholls, primary legislation was required to terminate those rights. The Act came into force upon the granting of Royal Assent on 10 May 1765. The payment to the Duchess of Atholl was to be made no later than 1 June 1765. The Act did not go as far as had been proposed: for a period there had been plans to merge the Isle of Man into the English county of Cumberland. This

neg: Tony Allan was the last DJ to broadcast live from the ship before managing director Tommy Shields's pre-recorded closedown programme. He subsequently worked for Granada Television as a voice-over artist, and in Europe. In the 1970s Allan worked first on RNI Radio Northsea International and did go later to the revived Radio Caroline, finally fulfilling his original ambition. When the Dutch Marine Offences Act came into force on 1 September 1974 it was Allan who announced that Caroline would continue broadcasting (following in the footsteps of Johnnie Walker who had done the same when the British law was passed in 1967). When

neg: Northern Ireland Act 2009 on 26 September 2009. The following provisions came into force on 12 April 2010: Northern Ireland Act 2009 The Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c 3) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It makes provision preparatory to the intended devolution of "policing and justice" to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The whole Act has been brought into force. Sections 1 and 3(2) and 4 and 5 came into force on 12 March 2009. Paragraphs 35(1) and (3) of Schedule 4, so far as they relate to the President or other member of the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland,

neg: Northern Ireland Act 2009 Northern Ireland Act 2009 The Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c 3) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It makes provision preparatory to the intended devolution of "policing and justice" to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The whole Act has been brought into force. Sections 1 and 3(2) and 4 and 5 came into force on 12 March 2009. Paragraphs 35(1) and (3) of Schedule 4, so far as they relate to the President or other member of the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland, and section 2(3), so far as it relates to those provisions, came into force

neg: History of UK immigration control with Work permits, allowing only temporary residence. Commonwealth citizens who had been settled in the UK for five years when the Act came into force, (1 January 1973), also had the right to register and thus possibly the right of abode. Others would be subject to immigration controls. Apart from the five-year residence qualification, the right to live in the UK and to enter free from immigration control was determined by birth or parentage, not by nationality. On the same day that the new Act came into force, 1 January 1973, the UK entered the European Economic Community (EEC). At

neg: South African nationality law which contains the Right of Abode regardless of personal circumstances, the Right of Abode as a Commonwealth Citizen including some forms of British Nationality can be revoked in cases such as in criminal conduct or applications made in fraud which are assessed incorrectly. As South Africa was a foreign country (under United Kingdom law) between 1 January 1973, the date the Immigration Act 1971 came into force in the UK, and 1 January 1983 (when the British Nationality Act 1981 came into force) South African Citizens cannot have right of abode in the UK unless they also held before 1983

neg: Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 sentences for violent or sexual offences. This section came into force on 9 June 2008. This was in order to alleviate prison overcrowding. Section 54 creates a presumption that when an adult defendant fails to attend a magistrates' court for his trial or sentence, the hearing should continue without him. (This section came into force on 14 July 2008.) Before the Act, the Crown Prosecution Service already employed staff who were not qualified lawyers to prosecute cases at pre-trial hearings and sentences in the magistrates' court. Section 55 grants them the right to prosecute trials for offences which are non-imprisonable

neg: Probation Board for Northern Ireland have to enquire into the circumstances of any accused to write a report to aid the court's determining the most suitable sentence. In addition, the Children and Young Persons (NI) Act also made it necessary for probation officers to be notified when young persons came before the courts to prepare a similar report. The Prison Act 1953 gave probation officers new responsibilities in the after care of sentenced offenders through post release supervision. The Children and Young Persons (NI) Act 1968 set the age of criminal responsibility at 10 and set out the court's powers in relation to the care

neg: History of Canadian nationality law a "Canadian" was a British subject who would have been considered a Canadian citizen if the 1947 Act had come into force immediately before the marriage or birth (as the case may be). Where the child born outside Canada was not a minor (i.e. was not under 21 years in age) at the time the Act came into force, proof of landed immigrant status was required to confirm Canadian citizenship. In addition to those people who became Canadian citizens upon the coming into force of the Act (popularly known as the "1947 Act" due to the year it came into

neg: Militia (United States) army defeated the main Shays site force on February 3, 1787. There was a lack of an institutional response to the uprising, which energized calls to reevaluate the Articles of Confederation and gave strong impetus to the Constitutional Convention which began in May 1787. At the end of the Revolutionary War, a political atmosphere developed at the local level where the militia was seen with fondness, despite their spotty record on the battlefield. Typically, when the militia did act well was when the battle came into the locale of the militia, and local inhabitants tended to exaggerate the performance of

neg: Circle Health Ltd Circle Health Ltd Circle is a healthcare company based in Britain, co-founded in 2004 by ex-investment banker Ali Parsa and Consultant Ophthalmologist Massoud Fouladi. It has independent hospitals near Bath and Reading, and an NHS Treatment Centre in Nottingham. In November 2011, it was awarded a contract to run Hinchingbrooke Hospital as a National Health Service (NHS) hospital franchised to an independent provider, and began the contract in February 2012. Circle's independent hospitals, CircleReading and CircleBath, also provide NHS care under the NHS Choose and Book scheme. Since the Health and Social Care Act 2012 came into force in April

neg: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act insurance compacts, and redirect consumer fees to states for outreach. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), often shortened to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or nicknamed "Obamacare", is a United States federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 amendment, it represents the U.S. healthcare system's most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. The ACA's major provisions came

neg: Children Act 1989 going to apply for a care order or supervision order. If they decided not to take any legal action, they must explain to the court their reasons for doing so. Applications for care and supervision orders are regulated by the Public Law Outline. When a care order is issued the local authority must take the child into care and accommodate them for the period of time the order is in force. The local authority will have parental responsibility for the child. Parents and guardians should be given reasonable amounts of contact with the child during the time they are in

neg: Transforming Community Services Transforming Community Services Transforming Community Services was a programme in the English NHS which operated from 2008 at a national level and continued during the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Although the rhetoric of the programme was about improving the quality of community services the reality was mostly concerned with structural changes. Community Services in England did not fit easily into the model of the NHS developed under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and were repeatedly reorganised. See List of NHS trusts. When Primary Care Trusts were established most of the free-standing

neg: Extradition Act 2003 Extradition Act 2003 The Extradition Act 2003 (c.41) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which regulates extradition requests by and to the United Kingdom. The Act came into force on 1 January 2004. It transposed the European Arrest Warrant framework decision into British law and implemented the UK side of the controversial UK—US extradition treaty of 2003 before the treaty came into force in April 2007 after being ratified by the US Senate in 2006. The Act is divided into five parts. The procedure used by the courts is set down in the Criminal Procedure Rules

neg: Electoral Law Amendment Act, 1958 Electoral Law Amendment Act, 1958 The Electoral Law Amendment Act, 1958 (Act No. 30 of 1958) was an act of the Parliament of South Africa which reduced the voting age for white voters from 21 to 18. It did not reduce the voting age for black and coloured voters (under the Representation of Natives Act and the Separate Representation of Voters Act respectively) and hence had the effect of further reducing their (already limited) electoral power. The act came into force on 15 September 1958. The next subsequent general election of the House of Assembly was held on 8 October

neg: Domestic Partnership Act 2018 Minister for Home Affairs has said the government intends to appeal the ruling “subject to any legal advice that we receive”. The Act created domestic partnerships in Bermuda which replaced same-sex marriages. The act also permitted for heterosexual couples to enter into a domestic partnership. Same-sex couples who were married before the act came into force would remain recognised as being married. Implementation was delayed owing to pending marriage licences and ceremonies due to be conducted in Bermuda or on Bermudan flagged ships. The Act came into force on 1 June 2018. Domestic Partnership Act 2018 The Domestic Partnership Act

neg: Defective Premises Act 1972 and came into force on 1 January 1974. Section 1 of the Act lays out the duty of care and who it applies to. The duty applies to "A person taking on work for or in connection with the provision of a dwelling (whether the dwelling is provided by the erection or by the conversion or enlargement of a building)", something including not only builders but also electricians, plumbers and other subcontractors. The duty also extends to those who have statutory powers to arrange for the provision of dwellings, and those who do so in the course of business. This

neg: Commons Registration Act 1965 hard to register common land and common rights, in the three years allowed by the Act. However, still many commons were lost through failure to register them. The Act has reduced the historical rights of households that did not register under the Act. For example, villages in Wolvercote north of Oxford used to have grazing rights on Wolvercote Common. However, since the Act came into force, only those households that registered under the Act now have this right. Several hundred square kilometres of ‘waste land’ that was eligible for registration under the 1965 Commons Registration Act was not, in fact,

neg: Copyright law of Australia Australian Copyright Act 1968 came into force on 1 May 1969. The 1968 Act was enacted following the collapse of the imperial system after the passage of the British Copyright Act 1956, and following recommendations of the Spicer Committee, which had been appointed by the Australian Attorney-General in 1958 to review the 1912 Act to see what changes were necessary for Australia to ratify the Brussels Act of the Berne Convention. The 1968 Act remains in force today, but has been amended on a number of occasions. The first major review occurred in 1974 when the Whitlam Government appointed the

neg: R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union relations or whether the prerogative cannot be used in a way that undermines an act of the United Kingdom Parliament. In the appeal the government argued that, while Parliament's enactment of the European Communities Act 1972 was necessary to prevent the UK breaching the EEC treaties when they came into force on 1 January 1973, the 1972 act was a legal precondition neither for the signature nor for the ratification of the Treaty of Accession, nor for the treaty coming into force in respect of the UK. Intervening for the Scottish government, the Lord Advocate stated as background that the

neg: Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, which came into effect on 5 October 2005, is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which enables medical professionals to detain and treat people against their will on grounds of mental disorder, with the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland and the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland providing safeguards against mistreatment. It largely replaces the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984. The act provides for short term detention certificates and emergency detention certificates. Short term certificates are referred to by the act as the 'preferred

neg: Law Commission Act 2009 Act 1965. Section 3(1) provides that the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which it was passed. The word "months" means calendar months. The day (that is to say, 12 November 2009) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months. This means that the Act came into force on 12 January 2010. Section 3(2) authorises the citation of the Act by a short title. Law Commission Act 2009 The Law Commission Act 2009 (c

neg: Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act 2010 regulations also cover parish council involvement and the role of local petitioning. There is also provision for greater flexibility in decision-making on proposals. In July 2012, new regulations came into force for the Act, affirming the rights of local people to participate in the act, introducing a 6-month time limit for government to respond, and making Local Works part of the Selector. The government now allows individuals to submit a proposal under the Act, on their 'Barrier Busting' website. Six Councils have made proposals under the Act since the new regulations came into force. Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act

neg: Martha McSally against ISIL were not effective but did not give an opinion on whether the U.S. should send ground troops into Iraq and Syria. McSally is in favor of repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). In January 2017, she voted for a Republican-sponsored budget resolution that began the process of repealing the Act. McSally supported the March 2017 version of the American Health Care Act, and voted on May 4, 2017, to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and pass a revised version of the American Health Care Act. Before voting on the bill, she declined to answer

neg: Women in South Africa his wife's separate property and their community property. A wife was not able to leave a will, enter into a contract, or sue or be sued, in her own name or without the permission of her husband. The report of the Women's Legal Disabilities Commission in 1949 led to the enacting of the Matrimonial Affairs Act in 1953, which improved the legal status of wives by restricting the marital power, but it did not abolish it. The Matrimonial Property Act of 1984 abolished it prospectively (i.e. for marriages contracted after the act came into force) but not for marriages between

neg: Railway Protection Force Police commission, 1902–1903. The provincial system found acceptance on recommendation of Railway Police Committee, 1921 and the present GRP came into existence. The Company Police evolved into the present RPF in 1957, passing through "Watch and Ward" phase from 1872 to 1954, and as "Railway Security Force" from 1954 to 1956. The RPF was also given limited legal powers under the Railway Stores (Unlawful Possession) Act. Thus, for a full 100 years, the Force, though being used for providing security to the vital artery of national communication and economic progress, did not itself have any legislative status. Therefore, the Government

neg: Marine Safety Act 2003 two months. This means that the Act came into force on 10 September 2003. Marine Safety Act 2003 The Marine Safety Act 2003 (c 16) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This section was repealed for England on 1 October 2004 and for Wales on 10 November 2004. Section 4 provided that the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which it was passed. The word "months" means calendar months. The day (that is to say, 10 July 2003) on which the Act was

neg: Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months. This means that the Act came into force on 30 December 2003. Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 The Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 (c 29) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has been suggested that this Act should be amended to increase the number of recyclable items that collection authorities must collect from households to at least seven. Section 5(2) provides that the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the

neg: Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Act 2009 goods or services supplied before the commencement of section 2 of this Act. Section 3(2) provides that this Act came into force on the day on which it was passed (that is to say, received royal assent). This means that it came into force at the beginning of 21 May 2009. Section 3(3) authorises the citation of this Act by a short title. Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Act 2009 The Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Act 2009 (c 5) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was enacted in response to the "global downturn". Section

neg: British Overseas Territories citizen However, it became largely unused since the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 came into force, as all Gibraltarians who did not make an application to become British citizens before the Act was in force automatically acquired British citizenship as a result. Section 5 also differentiates with section 4A, as registering under s5 confers citizenship "by descent" while s4A confers citizenship "otherwise than by descent". With effect from 1 January 2004, all new applicants for BOTC by naturalisation or registration who are aged 18 or over must attend a citizenship ceremony and take an Oath of Allegiance to the Queen and

neg: Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936 read: When the current Constitution of Ireland was enacted in 1937 it replicated the provision contained in the Free State constitution with a similar provision that allowed the King to continue to exercise his external role. The 1936 amendment and the External Relations Act thus created, for a number of years, a situation in which it was unclear whether or not in Ireland the King was indeed the Irish head of state. This situation came to an end in 1949 when the Republic of Ireland Act came into force, removing the King's role in foreign affairs and making the President

neg: Equality Act 2010 legislation, as well as requiring the consent of legislatures of member nations of the Commonwealth". The published draft bill did not contain any provisions to change the succession laws. Cognatic primogeniture for the British monarchy was instead abolished separately three years after the Equality Act came into force, with the enactment of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013. Although the act was never going to change the law with regard to churches from its existing position, nor change the binding European Union law which covers many more Roman Catholics than those living in the United Kingdom, and although the

neg: Abolition of monarchy was not abolished when Ireland became independent of the United Kingdom in the 1920s, but by the Republic of Ireland Act of 1948, which came into force in 1949. Some Commonwealth realms waited a little longer before abolishing their monarchies: Pakistan became a republic in 1956 and South Africa in 1961. Gambia abolished its monarchy in 1970, while Sierra Leone became a republic in 1971, as did Sri Lanka in 1972, Malta in 1974, Trinidad and Tobago in 1976, and Fiji in 1987. The latest country to become a republic within the Commonwealth was Mauritius in 1992. That of Egypt

neg: Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Act 2009 "equipment", "fuel poverty", "the GPDO" and "renewable or low-carbon source" for the purposes of the Act. Section 6(1) authorises the citation of the Act by a short title. Section 6(2) provides that the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the day that it was passed. The word "months" means calendar months. The day (that is to say, 12 November 2009) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months. This means that the Act came into force on

neg: Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which it was passed. The word "months" means calendar months. The day (that is to say, 16 September 2004) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months. This means that the aforesaid sections came into force on 16 November 2004. Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 The Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c 22) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Andrew Stunell

neg: Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 3 November. The Bill received Royal Assent on 8 November 2006. This section provides that the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which it was passed. The word "months" means calendar months. The day (that is to say, 8 November 2006) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months. This means that the Act came into force on 8 January 2007. Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006