Statutory damages are an amount stipulated within the statute rather than calculated based on the degree of harm to the plaintiff.

There are three sources of Law: Acts of Parliament called Statutes, Statutory Regulations ( made by a Secretary of State under an Act of Parliament ) and Case Law ( developed by various Courts ).

* Statutory rape where the " underage " participant ( s ) give actual consent, but the law-makers of the relevant jurisdiction have determined that people of that age are not legally capable of giving informed consent ( not informed adequately about the activity ).

* Statutory Instruments, made under the authority of an Act of Parliament by either a government minister or by the Queen-in-Council, and which are generally subject either to parliamentary approval ( affirmative procedure ) or parliamentary disallowance ( negative procedure )

* Scottish Statutory Instruments made by the Scottish Government ; as with Statutory Instruments made by the British government, these are generally subject to either approval or disallowance by the Scottish Parliament

The four categories of designated site in effect in County Kilkenny are Special Areas of Conservation, Natural Heritage Areas, Statutory Nature Reserves and Wildfowl Sanctuaries.

In Virginia, there are degrees of burglary, described as " Common Law Burglary " and " Statutory Burglary.

Statutory Instruments are governed by the Statutory Instruments Act 1946.

Instruments made by the Scottish Government are now classed separately as Scottish Statutory Instruments.

* ( S n ): Scottish series: Instruments made by the United Kingdom Government which apply to Scotland only ( these are different from Scottish Statutory Instruments made by the Scottish Government under its devolved powers ).

* ( NI n ): Northern Ireland series: Orders in Council made by the United Kingdom Government under its ‘ direct rule ’ powers ( delegated legislation made by Northern Ireland Departments are made by Statutory Rule ).

Most Statutory Instruments ( SIs ) are subject to one of two forms of control by Parliament, depending on what is specified in the parent Act.

Statutory Instruments which are subject to affirmative resolution are less common, making up about 10 % of the total.

There are three Committees which have a general supervisory role in relation to Statutory Instruments.

Many Statutory Instruments ( indeed, the largest group after those subject to the negative resolution procedure ) are not required to be laid before Parliament at all, and are therefore not subject to any Parliamentary control.

As with all delegated legislation, because Statutory Instruments are made by a person exercising a power conferred by an Act of Parliament for a specified purpose, rather than by Parliament exercising its sovereign law-making powers, they can be struck down by the courts if it is concluded that they are ultra vires ( literally, outside the powers conferred by the parent Act ).

* All United Kingdom Acts of Parliament from 1988 onwards and Statutory Instruments from 1987 onwards are available free on-line under Crown copyright terms from the Office of Public Sector Information ( HMSO ) at http :// www. opsi. gov. uk /

* Acts of the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Statutory Instruments are available free on-line under Crown copyright terms from HMSO at http :// www. scotland-legislation. hmso. gov. uk

* External auditor / Statutory auditor is an independent firm engaged by the client subject to the audit, to express an opinion on whether the company's financial statements are free of material misstatements, whether due to fraud or error.

Statutory classification of a drug as a narcotic often increases the penalties for violation of drug control statutes.

Statutory corporations are governed under the particular statute that they are established under, and are not subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, though similar requirements are often stated in the statute.

The original Act provided for the appointment of only two Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, but as of 2009 twelve could be appointed ; this number could have been further raised by a Statutory Instrument approved by both Houses of Parliament.

Statutory emergency fire service is provided by the London Fire Brigade.

Statutory emergency fire service is provided by the London Fire Brigade.

Statutory emergency fire service is provided by the London Fire Brigade.

Statutory emergency fire and rescue service is provided by the Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Statutory emergency fire service is provided by the London Fire Brigade, which has a station on Leytonstone High Road.

As you can see payroll tax deductions play a critical role and just because they are provided by law we can call them Statutory payroll tax deductions.

Statutory emergency fire and rescue service is provided by the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.

Statutory authority for the Commission's responsibilities is provided primarily by the Tariff Act of 1930, the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the Trade Act of 1974, the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984, the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Collins provided a Tax Clearance Certificate and a Statutory Declaration to the Standards Commission on 14 June 2002 as evidence of his compliance with the Tax Acts.

It considers the suitability of candidates for appointment as Chief Executive Officers of Statutory Boards ; it is also responsible for the planning and administration of scholarships provided by the Government of Singapore.

These ' Statutory Credit Report ' services are sometimes provided through specially developed and branded services such as Credit Expert from Experian and through commercial promotional services such as Credit Report for Callcredit.

Statutory values for the acre were enacted in England, and, subsequently, the United Kingdom, by acts of:

In the UK, where Boxing Day is a bank holiday, if Boxing Day falls on a Saturday, a substitute bank holiday is given on the following Monday, but if 26 December falls on a Sunday – which means that Christmas Day, another holiday, fell on a Saturday – then the Statutory Holiday for Christmas is moved to Monday 27 December and the Statutory Holiday for Boxing Day is moved to Tuesday 28 December.

By 2006, such was the confusion from these multiple Acts, each amending the others ( and not all of which were ever actually commenced and thus were in the public record but not enforced as actual legislation ); and the amendments of Irish firearms legislation by other Acts ranging from the Wildlife Acts ( mostly relating to hunting law ) to the Road Traffic Acts ( relating to how and where firearms could be transported ) and others ; the large amount of secondary legislation ( Statutory Instruments, which set out regulations, the design of application forms for licences and so forth, as well as the details of when various parts of the Acts came into force ); as well as the introduction of EU firearms law into the canon of Irish legislation ; led the Irish Law Reform Commission to recommend that all the extant legislation be restated a legal process by which all the existing primary and secondary legislation would be read as one and a single document produced as the new Firearms Act ( and all prior Acts would be repealed ).

* Personal Information Protection and Electronics Document Act ( PIPEDA ) – An Act to support and promote electronic commerce by protecting personal information that is collected, used or disclosed in certain circumstances, by providing for the use of electronic means to communicate or record information or transactions and by amending the Canada Evidence Act, the Statutory Instruments Act and the Statute Revision Act.

States that ratify the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity agree to not allow limitations claims for these crimes.

* Statutory Maternity Pay, the form of parental leave in the United Kingdom, an employee benefit that provides time off work to care for a child

Statutory criminal law provides that prosecutions for certain offences require the individual consent of the Attorney-General.

The Broads Authority, a Special Statutory Authority responsible for managing the area, became operational in 1989.

* Statement of Statutory Accounting Principles, for insurance in the United States

Afterwards, discussions were being focused towards imposing a new ' code of conduct '; in order to avoid any similar action in future, rather than of the issue at hand ( that being the legality of the plant cannabis itself ) also this is not under Common law offences, the basis for Statutory law in the UK.

Under the Government of Wales Act 2006, Royal Assent to Measures of the National Assembly for Wales is given by Order-in-Council, but this is not done by Statutory Instrument but in a form similar to that of a prerogative Order.

) The advent of devolution in 1999 resulted in many powers to make Statutory Instruments being transferred to the Scottish and Welsh governments, and oversight to the Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales.

Minister of the Crown includes the Welsh Ministers and various Acts provide that delegated legislation, although made by another person ( for example, the General Dental Council ), is also to be made by Statutory Instrument.

The main effect of delegated legislation being made by Statutory Instrument is that as soon as it is made it is numbered, catalogued, printed, made available for sale and published on the internet.

* ( W n ): National Assembly for Wales series: Statutory Instruments made by the National Assembly for Wales and applying to Wales only.

In addition, the House of Commons may refer a Statutory Instrument to a Standing Committee for detailed debate on the merits of the legislation if a motion to annul ( in the case of an Instrument subject to negative resolution ) or approve ( in the case of an Instrument subject to affirmative resolution ) is made.