According to its Memorandum & Articles of Association, its objectives are :- “ To act as Nominee or agent or attorney either solely or jointly with others, for any person or persons, partnership, company, corporation, government, state, organisation, sovereign, province, authority, or public body, or any group or association of them ....” Bank of England Nominees Limited was granted an exemption by Edmund Dell, Secretary of State for Trade, from the disclosure requirements under Section 27 ( 9 ) of the Companies Act 1976, because, “ it was considered undesirable that the disclosure requirements should apply to certain categories of shareholders .” The Bank of England is also protected by its Royal Charter status, and the Official Secrets Act.

In 1989 the United States enacted the Berne Convention Implementation Act, amending the 1976 Copyright Act to conform to most of the provisions of the Berne Convention.

Three albums released in years 1975 and 1976 ( Caught in the Act, Movin ' On, Hot On The Tracks ) are considered the peak of their harder funk period.

In accordance with the Statistics Act # 66 of 1976, Namibia conducts a Population and Housing Census every ten years.

These were: Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One ( 1970 ), Muswell Hillbillies ( 1971 ), Preservation: Act 1 ( 1973 ), Preservation: Act 2 ( 1974 ), Soap Opera ( 1975 ) and Schoolboys in Disgrace ( 1976 ).

Other legislation included National Environmental Policy Act ( NEPA ), signed into law in 1970, which established a United States Environmental Protection Agency and a Council on Environmental Quality ; the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ; the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 1974 ), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( 1976 ), the Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1977, which became known as the Clean Water Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as the Superfund Act ( 1980 ).

While the Rising and its leaders continued to be venerated by Irish republicans — including members and supporters of the Provisional IRA and the modern Sinn Féin — with murals in republican areas of Belfast and other towns celebrating the actions of Pearse and his comrades, and a number of parades held annually in remembrance of the Rising, the Irish government discontinued its annual parade in Dublin in the early 1970s, and in 1976 it took the unprecedented step of proscribing ( under the Offences against the State Act ) a 1916 commemoration ceremony at the GPO organised by Sinn Féin and the Republican commemoration Committee.

Questions center over whether copyrights for Lovecraft's works were ever renewed under the terms of the United States Copyright Act of 1976 for works created prior to January 1, 1978.

The problem comes from the fact that before the Copyright Act of 1976 the number of years a work was copyrighted in the U. S. was based on publication rather than life of the author plus a certain number of years and that it was good for only 28 years.

The Copyright Act of 1976 retroactively extended this renewal period for all works to a period of 47 years and the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 added another 20 years to that, for a total of 95 years from publication.

Under the Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1976, part of the urban area of Drogheda, which lay in County Meath, was transferred to County Louth on 1 January 1977.

The principal statute regulating the selection, obligations and conduct of juries is the Juries Act 1976 as amended by the Civil Law ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 2008, which scrapped the upper age limit of 70.

In 1976 the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) revised the definition of the AU for greater precision, defining it as that length for which the Gaussian gravitational constant ( k ) takes the value when the units of measurement are the astronomical units of length, mass and time.

The 1976 definition of the astronomical unit was incomplete, in particular because it does not specify the frame of reference in which time is to be measured, but proved practical for the calculation of ephemerides: a fuller definition that is consistent with general relativity was proposed, and " vigorous debate " ensued until in August 2012 the International Astronomical Union adopted the current definition of 1 astronomical unit = 149597870700 meters.

On the 2007 deluxe edition release, it is revealed that parts of this tape were used for the 1976 Griffith Park Planetarium launch of the original album, the 1987 remix, and various radio spots, all of which were included as bonus material.

The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 at a price of, because Wozniak " liked repeating digits " and because they originally sold it to a local shop for $ 500 plus a one-third markup.

The early 1960s and 1970s ( up until his death in 1976 ) were marked by key works in Helsinki, in particular the huge town plan for the void in centre of Helsinki adjacent to Töölö Bay and the vast railway yards, and marked on the edges by significant buildings such as the National Museum and the main railway station, both by Eliel Saarinen.

Only two fragments of the overall plan were ever realized: the Finlandia Hall concert hall ( 1976 ) fronting Töölö Bay, and an office building in the Kamppi district for the Helsinki Electricity Company ( 1975 ).

This was the first major professional sports championship for the state of Arizona and the first for a team ( in the four major North American professional sports leagues ) owned or controlled by Colangelo, whose basketball Suns made it to the NBA Finals in 1976 and 1993 but lost both times.

* 1976 – Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, and ¡ All-Time Quarterback!

* The city in the 1976 film Logan's Run is entirely self-contained for all resources, except power, which is said to be supplied by water moved by the tides.

From 1976 to 1978, Widdecombe was a councillor for Runnymede District in Surrey.

The Pilgrim's reference is a basis for the Church of Zion, Jerusalem thesis of Bagatti ( 1976 ) and Testa, though the archeological evidence may suggest only a later Crusader church.

During 1976, Grant wrote her first song (" Mountain Man "), performed in public for the first time — at Harpeth Hall School — the all-girls school she attended, recorded a demo tape for her parents with church youth-leader Brown Bannister, then later when Bannister was dubbing a copy of the tape, Chris Christian, the owner of the recording studio, heard the demo and called Word Records.

It is controlled by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology ( WHOCC ), and was first published in 1976.

The AIM-7F, which entered service in 1976, had a dual-stage rocket motor for longer range, solid-state electronics for greatly improved reliability, and a larger warhead.

When Brown retired as head coach following the 1975 season and appointed Bill " Tiger " Johnson as his successor, Walsh resigned and served as an assistant coach for Tommy Prothro with the San Diego Chargers in 1976.

The synthesis of bohrium was first attempted in 1976 by scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research at Dubna using this cold fusion reaction.

Seating stands for viewing the American Bicentennial " Operation Sail " flotilla parade were set up on the completed landfill in July 1976.

Freed for a US $ 60 million ransom ( the largest on record at that time ), the ordeal triggered the company headquarters ' relocation to São Paolo, Brazil, and contributed to the March 1976 coup.

Robert G. Bailey almost developed a biogeographical classification system for the United States in a map published in 1976.

* Second Division: ( Promotion ): 1976 – 77

Promotion via fourth spot was won again in 1976 – 77 but it was instantly followed by a relegation season.

* Kei Kobayashi ( voice actress ) ( born 1976 ), voice actress, affiliated with Mausu Promotion.

It gained its new name in 1981 from the Society for the Promotion of Nature Conservation ( SPNC ), and had been the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves before 1976.

* 1976 – Housing and Urban Development Act,

Congressman F. Bradford Morse assisted in the city's selection for " Model Cities " status ; Brendan Fleming, UML, Math Department, faculty member, after his election to the Lowell City Council proposed the first Historic District “ The Mill and Canal District ” which was approved in 1972 ; Gordon Marker, Executive Director of Model Cities and an urban planner, was instrumental in designing the concept for an Urban Park based on Historic Preservation and Economic Revitalization ; Patrick Mogan, Education Administrator and later Superintendent of Schools, was primarily interested in Lowell ’ s children and strongly advocated the preservation and sharing of their cultural experiences ; and the Lowell Historical Society which opened the Lowell Museum in 1976.

In the next few years, he served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ( 1973 – 1975 ), Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget ( 1975 – 1976 ), Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ( 1976 – 1977 ), and member of the staff of Senator William Roth ( 1976 – 1977 ).

* Education and the Urban Crisis Edited by Frank Field, 1976, Routlegde, ISBN 0-7100-8536-2

A councillor on Ramsbottom Urban District Council from 1972 – 1974, he contested Darwen at both the February 1974 and October 1974 general elections and then Workington at a by-election in 1976.

It has maintained a very strict rubric to the urban contemporary format since its inception in 1976, which is rare amongst larger markets urban-oriented radio stations who have shifted to the Mainstream Urban or Urban Adult Contemporary formats ; this approach has been protected by default only because WVEE has no counter-competing sister stations in Atlanta.

As Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Proxmire was instrumental in devising the financial plan that saved New York City from bankruptcy in 1976 – 77.

Macklin was a researcher at the Australian National University in 1976 – 78, an economics research specialist with the Parliamentary Library in Canberra 1978 – 81, Research Coordinator at the Labour Resource Centre in Melbourne 1981 – 85, an adviser to the Victorian Minister for Health 1985 – 88, director of the federal government's National Health Strategy 1990 – 93 and director of the Australian Urban and Regional Development Review 1993 – 95.

In 1976, Robert Patricelli, federal Urban Mass Transportation Administrator, ordered Metro to conduct an alternatives analysis of the portion of its system that was not already under contract.

By 1976, Brown had been promoted to Deputy Executive Director for Programs and Governmental Affairs of the National Urban League.

1976: The city adopted the Gaslamp Quarter Urban Design and Development Manual, aimed at preserving buildings in the area, and the redevelopment of Gaslamp Quarter as a national historic district.

In 1976, he became dean Carnegie Mellon's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of Political Economy in the School of Urban and Public Affairs ( now Heinz College ).

Rupp Arena is an arena located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, U. S. Since its opening in 1976, it has been the centerpiece of Lexington Center, a convention and shopping facility owned by an arm of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, which is located next to the Lexington Hyatt and Hilton hotels.

He initially served as Minister of Consumer and Corporate and Internal Services ( August 20, 1970-December 1, 1971 ), and later became Minister of Education ( September 9, 1971-September 22, 1976 ), Minister of Colleges and Universities ( September 15, 1973-September 22, 1976 ), Minister of Urban Affairs ( February 15, 1973-August 29, 1973 ) and Minister of Continuing Education and Manpower and Minister of Tourism, Recreation and Cultural Affairs from September 22, 1976 to October 24, 1977.

He is also a 1976 alumnus of the National Urban Fellows.

Johnson is also an alum of National Urban Fellows, class of 1976.

In 1976 he won first prize in the International Competition for the Urban Environment of Developing Countries.

While retaining the Urban Affairs portfolio, Miller was also promoted to the Ministry of Finance on September 22, 1976.