Use dmy dates date August 2010 Infobox Legislation Name AboriginalLandRightsAct enactedby Parliament of Australia longtitle AboriginalLandRights Northern Territory Act introducedby dateenacted datesigned 16 December 1976 amendments AboriginalLandRights Northern Territory Amendment Bill 2006 related In Australian history , the AboriginalLandRights Northern Territory Act established the basis upon which Australian Aborigine Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory could claim rights to land based on traditional occupation. The Act was strongly based on the recommendations of Justice Woodward, who chaired the AboriginalLandRights Commission The Woodward Royal Commission . ref http www.clc.org.au Ourland landrightsactLandrights act.html ref The Whitlam government first introduced ... the Act. The AboriginalLandRights Northern Territory Amendment Bill 2006 added several clauses which ... Reflist External links http www.foundingdocs.gov.au item.asp?dID 57 AboriginalLandRights Northern Territory Act1976 Cth background http www.actnow.com.au Issues Indigenous landrights in the Northern ... Native title legislation in Australia Category 1976 in Australia Australia law stub de AboriginalLandRights Northern Territory Act1976 ... by the Governor General of Australia on 16 December 1976. The Act, the first of the AboriginalLandRights Acts , and was significant in that it allowed a claim of title if claimants could provide evidence of their traditional association with land. There are four land councils established under the Act Central Land Council is in the southern half of the Northern Territory Northern Land Council covering the Top End Tiwi Land Council covering Melville Island, Northern Territory Bathurst and Melville Island s north of Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin Anindilyakawa Land Council ... parcels of lands previously vested as parts of inalienable AboriginalLand Trusts. The Amendment ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Federal Land Use Policy Act of 1976 constitutes the organic act for the Bureau of Land Management and governs most uses of the federal public lands , including grazing . The Act requires the Bureau to execute its management powers under a land use planning process that is based on multiple use and sustained yield principles. The Act also provides for public land sales, withdrawals, acquisitions and exchanges. This act was put in place to conserve lands that are habitat s for wildlife or acquired for a specific purpose for which it is needed. ref name ipl.unm.edu http ipl.unm.edu cwl fedbook flpma.html FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT Summary from Federal Wildlife Laws Handbook Bot generated title ref The current Bush administration is working on quickly revising and amending this act and others in order for large energy companies to commence drilling. Parachute, Colorado has seen new changes to its landscape the wild horse s that roam that region are now being replaced by large mechanical Drilling rig oil drilling rig s. ref http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn articles A48739 2004Sep24.html Oil and Gas Hold the Reins in the Wild West washingtonpost.com Bot generated title ref The current policy states that land may be sold under the Act when it is difficult and uneconomic to manage and is not suitable for management by another federal agency it was acquired for a specific purpose for which it is no longer needed its disposal will serve important public objectives, such as community expansion or economic development, which outweigh other public objectives and values, including recreation and scenic values. ref name ipl.unm.edu References reflist Category United States federal public land legislation ... more details
No footnotes date April 2010 Cleanup date April 2010 The Civil Rights Attorney s Fees Award Act of 1976 is a law of the United States. It is often referred to as Section 1988 . It allows a United States federal courts Federal court to award reasonable attorneys fees to a prevailing party in certain civil rights cases. The Act was designed to create an enforcement mechanism for the nation s civil rights laws without creating an enforcement bureaucracy. The House of Representatives passed a bill entitled the Public Expression of Religion Act on September 26, 2006. Were this bill to become law, it would amend Section 1988 to disallow the awarding of attorneys fees to prevailing parties in Establishment Clause cases. Criticism The Phelps Chartered ref http www.phelpschartered.com home.htm ref law firm has collected fees for defending the Westboro Baptist Church , which has picketed at the funerals of solders killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as churches, temples, schools and colleges. The principals of Phelps Chartered and the Westboro Baptist Church are many of the same individuals. References Reflist External links UnitedStatesCode 42 1988 DEFAULTSORT Civil Rights Attorney s Fees Award Act Of 1976 Category 1976 in law Category United States federal civil rights legislation US fed statute stub ... more details
to the communal title arrangements which had been granted by the Fraser government under the AboriginalLandRights Northern Territory Act, 1976 the NT Act . blockquote blockquote In November 1978 ...Infobox Legislation Name Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankuntjatjara LandRightsAct enactedby Parliament of South Australia longtitle An Act to provide for the vesting of title to certain lands in the people ... Mining Act 1971, Petroleum Act 1949 The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara LandRightsAct, 1981 grants certain land and other rights to the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara people in South Australia . The Act began its life as the Pitjantjatjara LandRightsAct and commenced operation on 2 October 1981. Symbolically, the Act came into force on the one year anniversary of the date when ... Democracy website Pitjantjatjara LandRightsAct page Category 1981 in Australia Category ... to a Pitjantjatjara LandRights Bill. History Robert Lawson Australian politician The Hon Robert Lawson QC MLC provides the following history to the Act blockquote In 1976, an activist group, the Pitjantjatjara Council the Pit Council was formed to lobby for landrights for the Pitjantjatjara ..., and reported in 1979 in favour of an Act that would give total rights to the Pitjantjatjara people over their traditional land in the northwest of South Australia . Lawson continues blockquote ... in March 1981. blockquote Significance The Act, which introduced new concepts of land holding and land control for the benefit of Indigenous peoples, was an important milestone in the struggle for landrights not only for Anangu but for Indigenous communities worldwide. During discussion of the Bill ... of Select Committee on Pitjantjatjara LandRights, Parliament of South Australia 2003 2004 http www.parliament.sa.gov.au ... in a new entity of which all Pitjatjantjara people would be members. It appears that the aboriginal ... of Australia described the Act as blockquote a special measure for the purpose of adjusting the law ... more details
LandAct is a stock short title used for legislation South Africa Natives LandAct 1913 United Kingdom Irish Land Acts Settled Land Acts Land Registration Act 2002 United States Harrison LandAct 1800 LandAct of 1804 LandAct of 1820 disambig ... more details
The Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 is the principal legislation passed by South Australian Legislative Council South Australia s Parliament to protect and preserve their State s Aboriginal heritage i.e. Aboriginal heritage falling within their State s boundaries ref http www.ccsa.asn.au index.php?option content&task view&id 147 CROW, H 2002 Conserving Aboriginal Heritage as posted on Conservation Council of South Australia s web page Accessed 6 March 2008 ref . As of 2007, the Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation ... General Department s copy of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 small Accessed 6 March 2008 small ... of managing this legislation, so ensuring South Australia s Aboriginal heritage is protected ... a comprehensive review of the Australian Government s then Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Act 1984 Cwlth , and, in the process reviewed the Aboriginal heritage protection arrangements of each State ref EVATT, Elizabeth 1996 Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984. Australian Government. Canberra. ref . As part of Evatt s review the following observations were made about South Australia s Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 the Act Background to the State Law The Parliament sought to protect and preserve their State s Aboriginal heritage by making it a crime to do damage to broadly defined classes of Aboriginal heritage without first obtaining the authority of the Minister responsible for the Act. ref name Evatt01 EVATT, Elizabeth 1996 Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984. Australian Government. Canberra. Pages 321 329 ref The Parliament vested the powers to protect and preserve Aboriginal heritage in the Minister responsible for the Act, who is required to take such measures as are practicable for protecting a preserving Aboriginal sites, objects and remains ref name Evatt01 . Aboriginal Heritage ... of Aboriginal cultural heritage in any of the Australian State and Territory laws.. . It was also ... more details
The Aboriginal Protection Act , enacted in 1869 by the colony of Victoria, Australia gave extensive powers over the lives of Indigenous Australians Aboriginal people to the government s Aboriginal Protection Board Board for the Protection of Aborigines , including regulation of residence, employment and marriage. ref name dd cite web title Aboriginal Protection Act 1869 Vic work Documenting Democracy publisher National Archives of Australia url http www.foundingdocs.gov.au item.asp?sdID 22 accessdate 2007 05 27 ref History Victoria enacted the Aboriginal Protection Act while democratic reforms were being introduced for the white population, such as the extension of the suffrage franchise from the wealthy to all adult males and the provision of free public education . In contrast, Aboriginal people were losing their freedom. In 1871 the Board developed controls over where people could live and work, what they could do and who they could meet or marry. ref Cite journal last first authorlink David H. Bailey coauthors title journal Victoria Government Gazette volume issue 15 pages 338 publisher location date 1871 02 24 url format issn accessdate ref They removed Aboriginal children from their families, starting the process that created the Stolen Generation . In 1886, Victoria s parliament passed what became known as the Half Caste Act and started to remove Aboriginal people of mixed descent, known as half caste s , from the Aboriginal stations or reserves to force them to Cultural assimilation assimilate into white society. These expulsions separated families and communities, causing distress and leading to protest. Nevertheless the Board refused to assist the expelled people. It was assumed that the expulsions would lead to the decline in the population of the reserves and their eventual closure. The failure of this policy and its inhumanity led to Victoria s Aborigines Act of 1910 and Aboriginal Lands Act of 1970 , which abandoned this policy. ref name dd References Reflist ... more details
Refimprove date July 2010 Year nav topic 1976 LGBT rights Commons category LGBT history in the 1970s This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1976. Events January 1 Iowa repeals its sexual psychopath law. ref Miller 2002 , p. 296 ref Passed in the wake of a moral panic following the 1954 rape and murder of a young boy, the law had been used to detain dozens of gay men in mental institutions in the 1950s. May Los Angeles City Council City council of Los Angeles prohibits employment discrimination by the city based on sexual orientation. July 1 United States U.S. state of Indiana decriminalizes private consensual adult homosexual acts. September 4 Start of the three day Fourth Annual Gay Conference for Canada and Quebec, held in Toronto , including a rally and march. Births Empty section date November 2010 Deaths Notes Reflist References Miller, Neil 2002 . Sex crime Panic A Journey to the Paranoid Heart of the 1950s . Los Angeles, Alyson Books. ISBN 1 55583 659 3. See also Portal LGBT Timeline of LGBT history timeline of events from 12,000 BCE to present LGBT rights by country or territory current legal status around the world LGBT social movements DEFAULTSORT 1976 In Lgbt Rights Category 1976 LGBT rights Category Years in LGBT rights Category 1970s in LGBT history ... more details
and Practice of Nations . External links For LandRights in Australia, see Aboriginal and Torres ...Indigenous rights Indigenous landrights are the right s of indigenous peoples to land law land , either individual and collective rights individually or collectively . Land and resource related rights ... , common law , or domestic constitution s or legislation . International law Indigenous landrights ... documents for indigenous landrights in international law include Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 International Labour Organization ILO 169 , the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous ... Covenant on Civil and Political Rights , and the American Convention on Human Rights . Common law main Aboriginal title Aboriginal title is the common law doctrine that the landrights of indigenous peoples to customary land customary tenure persist after the assumption of sovereignty . Indigenous peoples may also have certain rights on Crown land in many jurisdictions. Australia Main Native ... accepted the existence of native title. Controversies over indigenous landrights have tended to revolve ... social justice nt report index.html Category Indigenous landrights ... significance of the land, self determination, identity, and economics. Indigenous land claim s have ... by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Native title determinations are made by the Federal ... Court and then to the High Court of Australia . The National Native Title Register NNTR is a land registration register of approved determinations and is maintained by the NNTT. Canada main Aboriginal title in Canada The leading case for aboriginal title in Canada is Delgamuukw v. British Columbia 1997 . New Zealand main Aboriginal title in New Zealand M ori protest movement Indigenous landrights were recognised in the Treaty of Waitangi made between the British Crown and various M ori ... place. United States main Aboriginal title in the United States quote box width 30 align right ... more details
Act Testimony by Chuck Cushman . American LandRights Association. 2005 07 26. Retrieved 2010 01 ...The American LandRights Association ALRA is a Wise Use Movement Wise Use organization based in Battle Ground, Washington . The group describes itself as dedicated to the wise use of our resources, access to our Federal lands and the protection of our private property rights. ref name missandhist History The organization was founded in 1978 by property owners in the community of Wawona, California ... LandRights Association ALRA . ref name missandhist ALRA and other Wise Use organizations were most politically active in the 1990s fighting land use restrictions by the Clinton administration ..., Bad, and Very Ugly . American LandRights Association LandRights Network. Quoted in full at http ... Activism ALRA cooperates with broad based conservative organizations on land use related issues. ref http www.spn.org directory american landrights association American LandRights Association . http ... organizations results.cfm?Organization american landrights association&Head &rdoSearchType ... American LandRights Association ALRA . http www.policyexperts.org Policy Experts. Retrieved 2010 01 08. ref ref http www.ewire.com display.cfm Wire ID 135 LandRights Group Supports Bush Tax Plan . E Wire press release. 2001 03 05. Retrieved 2010 01 08. ref It sponsors the LandRights Network, a nationwide ... Property Voters . American LandRights Association. 1998 10 16. Retrieved 2010 01 08. ref The League promotes some general conservative causes unrelated to land use as well for example, their 2007 .... In 1985, it added a number of grazing permittees on federal land to its membership roll. In the early ... York Times . 2001 05 12. Retrieved 2010 01 08. ref ALRA and other property rights organizations ... Fund , which an ALRA release asserted was dedicated to threatening, dividing and isolating land ... members of Congress on votes relating to regulations on private property rights and restrictions ... more details
Infobox Legislation Name Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 Qld enactedby Queensland Legislative Assembly longtitle http www.legislation.qld.gov.au LEGISLTN CURRENT A AborCultHA03.pdf Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 Qld introducedby Hon. Stephen Robertson politician Stephen Robertson ref name ... Aboriginal cultural heritage bodies to whom cultural heritage inquires are referred provided for land ... plans could be undertaken. Definition of Cultural Heritage The Act defines Aboriginal cultural heritage ... DNRW02 Coverage After 4 years of heritage protection under the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003, the Minister responsible for the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 1993 announced ref name Wallace01 ... LEGISLTN CURRENT A AborCultHA03.pdf Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 Qld small Accessed 3 March ... Settlements Project Database Entry on Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 Qld small Accessed 3 March ... of Natural Resources and Water s Summary of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 Qld small Accessed ... 2009 ref dateenacted 6 November 2003 datesigned amendments related The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 is legislation passed by Queensland Legislative Assembly Queensland Parliament , commencing in April 2004 to effectively recognize, protect and conserve Australian Aborigines Aboriginal cultural heritage in the Queensland State of Queensland ref name Act http www.legislation.qld.gov.au LEGISLTN CURRENT A AborCultHA03.pdf Queensland Parliament 2007 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003. Division 2, section 4 Accessed 11 February 2009 ref A key feature of the Act is its creation of a new ..., value and protect the State s Aboriginal cultural heritage, at risk of prosecution and substantial ... DNRW01 created a statutory duty of care applying to all land users in Queensland, regardless of Land tenure tenure recognized any pre existing agreements landholders may have entered into with Aboriginal ... register of Aboriginal cultural heritage to be protected, plus database holding information and details ... more details
orphan date January 2010 The Fishery Limits Act1976 is an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 1977 c. 86 in order to implement the extension of fishing waters under the European Community s Common Fisheries Policy into British law. The Act extended the fishing limits from convert 12 nmi lk on to convert 200 nmi and was in force with the members of the EEC and nine other countries. Iceland , with whom the United Kingdom had clashed over fishing rights in the so called Cod War , was not included due to separate negotiations with the EEC. External links UK SLD 1343754 the Fishery Limits Act1976 OPSI http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts1976 pdf ukpga 19760086 en.pdf the Fishery Limits Act1976 http news.bbc.co.uk onthisday hi dates stories july 19 newsid 2515000 2515155.stm Fight for fishing rights in Europe , BBC News items UK legislation Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1976 Category 1976 in law Category Fishing law Category Fishing in the United Kingdom UK law stub ... more details
Infobox NZ Legislation short title Property Relationships Act1976 long title N A introduced by date passed 1976 royal assent commencement 1st day of February 1977. amendments The short title of this Act was amended, as from 1 February 2002, by s 5 2 of the Property Relationships Amendment Act 2001 2001 No 5 by substituting the words Property Relationships for the words Matrimonial Property . The Act ... Property Act1976 was renamed the Property Relationships Act1976 as part of the 2001 amendments. related legislation Property Relationships Amendment Act 2001 2001 No 5 Property Relationships Amendment Act 2005 2005 No 19 status Current The Property Relationships Act1976 is a New Zealand statute ... s property is to be divided equally between them. The Act was previously called the Matrimonial Property Act1976 but amendments in 2001 changed the scheme of the Act considerably hence Matrimonial ... public 1976 0166 latest DLM440945.html Text of the Act http www.justice.govt.nz pubs reports 2001 ... law Category New Zealand Statutes Category LGBT rights in New Zealand Category 1976 in New Zealand ... division regime in the Act to include heterosexual and homosexual de facto partners, making it one of the first New Zealand statutes to acknowledge same sex relationships. In 2005 the Act ... Union Act 2004 . Division of property Equal sharing According to section 11 of the Act, on the division of joint property under the Act, each of the spouses or partners is entitled to share equally in the family ... spouse. This section of the law was created in order to give equal rights to the stay in home side ... from the abusers of the Act. Relationship property and separate property Section 8 and 9 of the Act specify what is relationship property and what is separate property for the purposes of the Act. Sometimes ..., if the relationship is one of short duration as defined by the Act, the Court may divide the property other than equally. Section 13 Section 13 of the Act gives the Court discretion to depart from ... more details
Great Seal of the US.png 150px style background color 899 big Copyright Act of 1976 big Full title An Act for the general revision of the Copyright Law, title 17 of the United States Code, and for other ... on October 19, 1976 style background color 899 Major amendments Digital Millennium Copyright Act Copyright Term Extension Act The Copyright Act of 1976 is a United States copyright law and remains ... provisions. The Act spells out the basic rights of copyright holders, codified the doctrine of fair ... on October 19, 1976 and went into effect on January 1, 1978. History and purpose Before the 1976Act ... behind the adoption of the 1976Act was the development of and the United States participation in the Universal ..., but the original version of the Act was revised multiple times between 1964 and 1976 see House report ... , Time, Nov. 1, 1976, at 92. ref The other intent of the extension was to protect authors rights for life ... law The 1976Act, through its terms, displaces all previous copyright laws in the United States insofar ... before the adoption of the 1976Act, but published works, whether containing a notice of copyright ... and the work became part of the public domain . Under the 1976Act, however, section 102 says that copyright ..., the 1976Act broadened the scope of federal statutory copyright protection from published works to works ... time in section 107 of the 1976Act. Fair use was not a novel proposition in 1976, however ... eight year extension, for a total maximum term of fifty six years. The 1976Act, however, substantially ... with the copy, unless expressly withheld by the author. Section 202 of the 1976Act retains the property ... of the Act. Category 1976 in law Category 1976 in the United States Category United States federal copyright legislation Copyright Act of 1976 it Copyright Act1976 ... style background color 899 Citations Public Law Pub. L. 94 553 Oct. 19, 1976 U.S. Statutes at Large 90 Stat. 2541 style background color 899 Codification Act s amended Copyright Act of 1909 Title s amended ... more details
Infobox UK Legislation short title Race Relations Act1976 parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom long title An Act to make fresh provision with respect to discrimination on racial grounds and relations between people of different racial groups and to make in the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 amendments for bringing provisions in that Act relating to its administration and enforcement into conformity with the corresponding provisions in this Act. statute book chapter 1976 introduced by territorial extent England and Wales Scotland royal assent 22 November 1976 commencement 1 September 1977 repeal date amendments related legislation Race Relations Amendment Act 2000 repealing legislation status Amended original text http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts1976 pdf ukpga 19760074 en.pdf activeTextDocId 2059995 legislation history The Race Relations Act1976 was established by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to prevent discrimination on the grounds of race. Items that are covered include discrimination ... Hatred Act 2006 , included the additional offence of inciting religious hatred. See also Ethnic relations UK employment discrimination law Equality Act 2010 External links UK SLD 2059995 the Race Relations Act1976 OPSI http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts1976 pdf ukpga 19760074 en.pdf the Race Relations Act1976 http www.cre.gov.uk legal rra.html CRE page relating to race relations legislation ..., the provision of goods and services, education and public functions. The Act also established ... to make sure the Act rules were followed. The Act incorporates the earlier Race Relations Act 1965 and Race Relations Act 1968 and was later amended by the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000 , notably ... on the introduction of the race relations Acts http www.cre.gov.uk 40years act one.html CRE pages outlining the 1965, 1968 and 1976 Race Relations Acts UK legislation Category 1976 in law Category Anti racism Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1976 Category Discrimination law in the United Kingdom ... more details
The Immigration Act of Parliament Act in Canada was created in 1976 by then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau . It focused on who should be allowed into Canada, not on who should be kept out. The Act came into force in 1978 along with new Immigration Regulations. This Act gave more power to the provinces to set their own immigration laws, and defined prohibited classes in much broader terms. Individuals who could become a burden on social welfare or health services would now be refused entry, rather than specific categories of people, i.e. homosexuals , the disabled , and so on created four new classes of immigrants who could come to Canada, which are refugees , families, assisted relatives, and independent immigrants. While independent immigrants had to take part in the Economic impact of immigration to Canada Points System , other classes did not have to take part in this test so long as they passed basic criminal, security and health checks. This Act also created alternatives to deportation for less serious criminal or medical offenses, since deportation meant the immigrant was barred from entering Canada for life. After 1978, the government could issue 12 month exclusion orders and a departure notice, if the cause for a person s removal wasn t serious. but in some cases it could be severe. The Immigration Act of 1976 does not have that much information. The 1976 Immigration Act has, since 2002, been replaced by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act IRPA . ref http www.cic.gc.ca EnGLish resources statistics facts2009 permanent index.asp ref References reflist Category History of immigration to Canada Category Canadian federal legislation Category 1976 in law Category 1976 in Canada Category Canadian immigration law zh 1976 Canada law stub ... more details
Infobox UK Legislation short title Fatal Accidents Act1976 parliament United Kingdom Parliament long title An Act to consolidate the Fatal Accidents Acts. statute book chapter 1976 c. 30 introduced by territorial extent England and Wales ref S.7 3 ref royal assent 22 July 1976 commencement 1 September 1976 ref S. 7 2 ref repeal date &mdash amendments Administration of Justice Act 1982 , ss. 3 1 , 73 1 related legislation &mdash repealing legislation &mdash status Current original text activeTextDocId 1242448 legislation history The Fatal Accidents Act1976 c. 30 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , that allows relatives of people killed by the wrongdoing of others to recover damages . The Act received the royal assent on 22 July 1976, came into force on 1 September 1976 and applies only to England and Wales . Background The Fatal Accidents Act 1846 had allowed claims for damages by the relatives of deceased persons for the first time. The 1976Act modernised the process and repealed earlier legislation. The Act The Act allows claims as stipulated in s. 1 1 quotation If death is caused by any wrongful act, neglect or default which is such as would if death had not ensued have entitled the person injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured. The Act allows claims under three heads ref name dowlill Dow & Lill 2007 ref ref name lunney Lunney & Oliphant 2003 pp. 855 858 ref Dependency claim s. 1 A claim for pure economic loss economic loss by a restricted class of dependant defined in s.1 3 . Bereavement claim s. 1A A claim in recognition of grief by a further restricted class of dependant , similar to a solatium in Scottish law . As of the 1st January 2008, the amount of the bereavement ... United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1976 UK law stub ... more details
The Tax Reform Act of 1976 was passed by the United States Congress in September of 1976 , and signed into law by President of the United States President Gerald Ford on October 4, 1976, becoming USPL 94 455 . The act increased the percentage standard deduction to 16 2,800 max and minimum standard deduction to 2,100 joint returns . The general tax credit max of 35 capita or 2 of 9,000 income was temporarily extended and small business tax rates were temporarily lowered through 1977 . The act delayed the decrease in the investment tax credit through 1980 , expanded the individual minimum tax, and increased the long term capital gains holding period from 6 months to 1 year. A unified rate schedule for the estate and gift taxes with a 175,000 exemption was created. Capital Gains The previous major tax legislation Tax Reform Act of 1969 had established a 10 minimum tax and while it had left long term capital gains under 50,000 to continue to qualify for the 25 percent alternative capital gains tax rate, it increased the rate on gains over 50,000 to 29.5 percent in 1970, 32.5 percent in 1971, and 35 percent one half the 70 percent top tax rate applicable to ordinary income in 1972 and later years. This Act increased the minimum tax rate to 15 . ref http www.urban.org publications 1000519.html ref The Act also increased the holding period defining long term capital gains, which receive preferential tax treatment, from six months to one year. ref http www.archive.org stream generalexplanati00jcs3376 generalexplanati00jcs3376 djvu.txt ref Inflation adjusted numbers http minneapolisfed.org Research data us calc index.cfm Corrected for inflation by CPI border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 width 500 bgcolor lightgrey 1976 dollars 2008 dollars 35 align right 132 2,100 align right 7,957 2,800 align right 10,609 9,000 align right 34,101 175,000 align right 663,093 References reflist US tax acts Category United States federal taxation legislation Category 1976 in law ... more details
The Historic Shipwrecks Act1976 is an Australian Act of Parliament designed to legally protect historic shipwreck s and any relics or artifacts from those wrecks. ref name DEWHAlaws cite web url http www.environment.gov.au heritage shipwrecks legislation index.html title Historic shipwrecks laws date 5 June 2009 publisher Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts accessdate 7 June 2010 ref The Act automatically affects all shipwrecks that meet the historic criteria generally defined as vessels more than 75 years old, although newer ships with historic value may be placed under the Act and are in Australian Commonwealth waters between the low tide mark and the edge of the continental shelf complimentary Australian states and territories state and territory legislation protects shipwrecks in rivers and bays. ref name DEWHAlaws Of the estimated 8,000 shipwrecks in Australian waters, more than 6,500 are protected under this legislation. ref name AusGeo cite web title Historic shipwrecks around Australia url http www.australiangeographic.com.au journal historic shipwrecks around australia.htm last Smith first Aaron date 17 March 2011 accessdate 18 March 2011 publisher Australian Geographic ref Most shipwrecks under the act can be accessed by the public, although no items may be removed from the wreck site without permission, and scuba diver divers must take care not to damage or disturb the wreck. ref name DEWHAlaws Any items removed from a protected wreck including those removed before the Act came into effect must be listed on a database maintained by the Federal department responsible for maintaining and preserving Australia s cultural heritage the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts , as of 2007 . ref name DEWHAlaws As of 2011, over ... au legis cth consol act hsa1976235 Text of the Historic Shipwrecks Act1976 Category Shipwreck law Category 1976 in law Category Commonwealth of Australia laws Category 1976 in Australia Australia ... more details
A human rightsact is a statute that sets out individual rights and freedoms under the law. Many jurisdictions have bill of rights bills of rights enshrined into law and called the Human RightsAct . This naming convention is commonly used in Commonwealth nations. The following nations have human rights acts Australia Human RightsAct 2004 ACT Human RightsAct 2004 ref http www.austlii.edu.au au legis act consol act hra2004148 ref Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act Victoria Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2004 ref http www.austlii.edu.au au legis vic num act cohrara200643o2006479 ref Canada Canadian Human RightsAct Canadian Human RightsAct, 1977 Republic of Ireland European Convention on Human RightsAct 2003 New Zealand New Zealand Human RightsAct 1993 Human RightsAct 1993 United Kingdom Human RightsAct 1998 United States Human RightsAct 1997 DC Human RightsAct 1997 References reflist See also Bill of Rights List of short titles disambig cy Deddf Hawliau Dynol ... more details
Civil RightsAct may refer to several Act document acts in the history of civil rights in the United States , including Federal legislation Civil RightsAct of 1866 , extending the rights of emancipated slaves Civil RightsAct of 1871 , also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, prohibits ethnic violence against blacks Civil RightsAct of 1875 , prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations found unconstitutional in 1883 as congress could not regulate conduct of individuals Civil RightsAct of 1957 , establishing the Civil Rights Commission Civil RightsAct of 1960 , establishing federal inspection of local voter registration polls Civil RightsAct of 1964 , prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin by federal and state governments as well as some public places Civil RightsAct of 1968 , also known as the Fair Housing Act Civil RightsAct of 1991 , providing the right to trial by jury on discrimination claims and introducing the possibility of emotional distress damages, while limiting the amount that a jury could award State legislation California Unruh Civil RightsAct , prohibiting discrimination in housing disambig de Civil RightsAct it Civil RightsAct nl Civil RightsAct sv Civil RightsAct ... more details
The Human RightsAct 2004 is an Act of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly that recognises the fundamental human rights of individuals. It was the first of its kind in Australia , however Victoria has since passed the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities and the Human Rights Consultation is currently deliberating on whether the federal government should adopt a human rightsact. The Act established an Australian Capital Territory Human Rights Commissioner. It also empowers the ACT Supreme Court to declare on compliance of legislation. The Act was amended in 2005 by the Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment Act 2005 See also Human RightsAct External links http www.legislation.act.gov.au a 2004 5 default.asp Human RightsAct 2004 http www.hro.act.gov.au index.html ACT Human Rights Office Category 2004 in Australia Category 2004 in law Category Australian Capital Territory legislation Category History of the Australian Capital Territory Australia law stub ... more details
Legislation entitled Rights of the Terminally Ill Act includes Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 , briefly legalizing euthanasia in Australia s Northern Territory Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act , dealing with withholding of life support in the United States disambig ... more details
RightsAct , the Tribal RightsAct , the Tribal Bill , and the Tribal LandAct . The law concerns the rights of forest dwelling communities to land and other resources, denied to them over decades ...The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Recognition of Forest RightsAct , 2006, is a key ... Press releases on the Forest RightsAct by the Campaign for Survival and Dignity ref . However ... RightsAct describes it as a law intended to correct the historical injustice done to forest ... basic points. Types of Rights The rights which are included in section 3 1 of the Act are Right ... of any species of wild animal These can be summarized as Title rights i.e. ownership to land that is being ... protection ref http tribal.nic.in actA06.pdf Section 3 2 of the Act ref Forest management rights to protect ... Criteria Eligibility to get rights under the Act is confined to those who primarily reside ... Section 2 o of the Act ref . Process of Recognition of Rights Section 6 1 of the Act provides that the gram ... Section 4 2 of the Act ref Misunderstanding the Act as a Land Distribution Scheme A great deal ... is not a land distribution measure, and further that the Act is more transparent than existing ... Traditional Forest Dwellers Recognition of Forest RightsAct ref . Regarding wildlife conservation ... mozTocId696083 Truths and Falsehoods About the Forest RightsAct Bot generated title ref ... of Forest RightsAct ref . TV Advertisements Against Act In October 2003, http www.vanashakti.in ... on http www.vanashakti.in their website . The group criticised the Forest RightsAct as having ... the Forest RightsAct and the lack of media attention to it ref http timesofindia.indiatimes.com India ... to Vanashakti, criticising them for attacking the Forest RightsAct through distortions and untruths ... Forest Dwellers Recognition of Forest RightsAct put up by the Campaign http www.forestrightsact.com . Criticisms of the Act by Forest Rights Supporters While supporting the principles of the law, forest ... more details
for other meanings of VARA Vara disambiguation The Visual Artists RightsAct of 1990 VARA , UnitedStatesCode 17 106A , is a United States law protecting artist rights. VARA was the first federal United States Copyright law copyright legislation to grant protection to Moral rights copyright law moral rights . Under VARA, works of art that meet certain requirements afford their authors additional rights ... rights prior to this act, some state legislatures and judicial decisions created limited moral rights ... required protection of these rights by signatory states, and it was in response that the U.S. Congress passed the VARA. Exclusive rights under VARA VARA exclusively grants authors of works that fall under the protection of the Act the following rights right to claim authorship right to prevent ... A000 .html Text of Visual Artists RightsAct of 1990 http www.ivanhoffman.com vara.html One attorney s analysis of the Visual Artists RightsAct of 1990 http www.copyright.gov reports exsum.html Waiver of Moral Rights in Visual Artworks . U.S. Copyright Office. Retrieved 2005 07 01. http papers.ssrn.com sol3 papers.cfm?abstract id 902151 RayMing Chang, Revisiting the Visual Artists RightsAct ... analyzes the history of VARA and presents empirical data about the Visual Artists RightsAct of 1990 VARA from an exhaustive survey that the author conducted in 2003. http www.rarin.org RARIN Rights ... allows authors to waive their rights, something generally not permitted in France and many European countries whose laws were the originators of the moral rights of artists concept. ref Robert J. Sherman. Note THE VISUAL ARTISTS RIGHTSACT OF 1990 AMERICAN ARTISTS BURNED AGAIN. 17 Cardozo L. Rev. 373 1995 ref In most instances, the rights granted under VARA persist for the life of the author or the last ... rights under VARA. This has particularly been an issue for those that commission public sculptures ... s land. In a 2006 decision involving public sculptures that were removed from the park for which ... more details
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