Prior to the 1963 Act, it was chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker of the House of Commons.

Prior to the implementation of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996 enacted by the British Parliament, Hong Kong represented its interests abroad through the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices ( HKETOs ) and via a special office in the British Embassies or High Commissions, but the latter has ceased after the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC and became a special administrative region ( SAR ) of the PRC in 1997.

Prior to the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act, many hedge fund advisers voluntarily registered with the SEC.

Prior to the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 2007, the state-owned Liberia Telecommunications Corporation ( LIBTELCO ) held a legal monopoly for all fixed line services in Liberia, and remains the sole licensed fixed line telephone service provider in the country.

Prior to the statute's enactment in 1710, copying restrictions were authorized by the Licensing Act.

Prior to 1871 the government of the United States regularly entered into treaties with Americans of the United States but the Indian Appropriations Act of March 3, 1871 ( ch.

Prior to the Pension Protection Act, employers were held responsible for investment losses as a result of such automatic enrollments.

Prior to the Act, the main means of ensuring impartiality was by allowing legal challenges to the sheriff ’ s choices.

Prior to the Act, charters were granted by state legislatures who were under an immense amount of political pressure and could be influenced by bribes.

Prior to the Elkins Act, the livestock and petroleum industries paid standard rail shipping rates, but then would demand that the railroad company give them rebates.

Prior to 1975, jurisdiction over family law matters was held and exercised largely by state Supreme courts under the Matrimonial Causes Act.

Prior to the enactment of the Local Government Act 2001, the county was a unified whole despite the presence of two local authorities.

Prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, protests about local racial segregation which began quietly in Franklin Street restaurants led to mass demonstrations and disturbance.

Prior to the enactment of the Local Government Act 2001, the county was a unified whole despite the presence of two local authorities.

Prior to an Act of Parliament in 1824, Protestant deputies were required when the Earl Marshal was a Roman Catholic.

Among articles included were: " The Secession Tradition in America " by Donald Livingston ; " The Ethics of Secession " by Scott Boykin ; “ Nations by Consent: Decomposing the Nation-State ” by Murray Rothbard ; " Yankee Confederates: New England Secession Movements Prior to the War Between the States " by Thomas DiLorenzo ; " Was the Union Army's Invasion of the Confederate States a Lawful Act?

Prior to the Act, most financial services companies were already offering both saving and investment opportunities to their customers.

Prior to the Act of Union 1800 which abolished the Irish parliament, the Lord Lieutenant formally delivered the Speech from the Throne outlining his Government's policies.

Prior to this, terrorism was defined in an Act as a footnote, such as Reinsurance ( Acts of Terrorism ) Act 1993 ( c. 18 ) section 2 ( 2 ):

Prior to this, the municipalities of Warrington and Salford established libraries in their museums, under the terms of the Museums Act of 1845. Warrington Municipal Library opened in 1848.

Prior to the Restoration, Japan's feudal fiefs all issued their own money, hansatsu, in an array of incompatible denominations, but the New Currency Act of Meiji 4 ( 1871 ) did away with these and established the yen as the new decimal currency, which had parity with the Mexican silver dollar.

Prior to enactment of the Act, universal service had been funded through implicit subsidies, levied as above-cost business rates, urban rates, and above-cost rates for the “ access charges ” that long distance carriers paid as intercarrier compensation to local telephone companies for originating and terminating their subscribers ’ long distance calls.

Prior to the Act, regulation of securities was chiefly governed by state laws, commonly referred to as blue sky laws.

Prior to the Second Morrill Act, 17 states excluded blacks from access to the land grant colleges without providing similar educational opportunities.

Prior to 2006 elections in the Palestinian Authority, she voted for a Congressional initiative disapproving of participation in the elections by Hamas and other organizations defined as terrorist by the legislation.

Prior to 1988, the last time the procedure had been used was during a 1942 filibuster over civil rights legislation.

Prior to this legislation being passed, what is now covered by Parliamentary copyright was Crown copyright.

Prior to 1746 it was not clear whether a reference to " England " in legislation included Wales, and so in 1746 Parliament passed the Wales and Berwick Act.

Prior to 1971, though executive, administrative and judicial decisions had to comply with the general principles of law ( jurisprudence derived from law and the practice of law in general ), there were no such restrictions on legislation.

Prior to the legislation, claims were processed via a fiscal intermediary ( FI ) and a carrier, and were separate for Part A and Part B, as well as for each state or territory.

The House version of the legislation included a separate open-source office, at the suggestion of Larry Prior, a Marine Reservist familiar with the MCIC experience and then serving on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence staff.

Prior to 1996, it was the publisher of virtually all government material, such as command papers, legislation and official histories.

Prior to the 1990 enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act was the most important disability rights legislation in the United States.

Prior to the advent of the health board system, the 1947 Health Act was the principal legislation on the State's role in the provision of healthcare in Ireland ; this was the act that served as the legislative basis for the Mother and Child Scheme, which was later withdrawn under Church and doctor opposition.

Prior to commercial approval, baobab fruit powder was not available in the European Union ( EU ), as legislation from 1997 dictated that foods not commonly consumed in the EU would have to be formally approved before commercialization.

Prior to the passage of same-sex marriage legislation, there was litigation in New York courts regarding the recognition of same-sex marriage licenses from other jurisdictions.

Prior to the Amsterdam Treaty the procedure covered a wide variety of legislation, notably in relation to the creation of the Single Market.

Prior to 2006, the CVCBDMA provided a wide range of services to the community allowable under the enabling legislation.

Prior to and in the wake of Schiavo's death, end of life legislation has been proposed in at least ten states.

Prior to the May 3 Constitution, in Poland the term " constitution " ( Polish: konstytucja ) had denoted all the legislation, of whatever character, that had been passed at a sejm.

Prior to the Colonial states enacting their own legislation in the mid 19th Century and forming their own Patent Offices, inventors applied to England for patent registration and protection.

Prior to the Consumer Credit Act, legislation covering consumer credit was slapdash and focused on particular areas rather than consumer credit as a whole, such as moneylenders and hire-purchase agreements.

Prior to this date, New Zealanders were only British subjects and New Zealand had the same nationality legislation as the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries ( see also British nationality law ).