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Health and Safety at Work, etc Act of 1974 1) Intended to ensure the health and safety of persons at work. Sets out responsibilities and obligations of both employers and employees and gives powers to inspectors to issue prohibition notices to stop unsafe practices. Single European Act 1) Act of 1985 designed to implement the requirements of the Treaty of Rome and ratified by EC (now EU) member states who adopted measures 'with the aim of progressively establishing the internal market over a period expiring on 31 December 1992'. Act of Parliament 1) Document setting out Parliamentary law following debate and voting on a Bill by both Houses of Parliament (ie the Commons and the Lords) which then receives the Royal Assent. Acts are enabling legislation which detail new law or give relevant government Secretaries of State powers to create subordinate legislation in the form of regulations published in Statutory Instruments or Statutory Orders.
Act of God 1) Any fortuitous act/action that could not have been prevented by any amount of human care and forethought. A term used in insurance and meaning an accident of, or caused by, nature, such as flood, storm, lightning or a combination of freak weather conditions. Many policies do not pay out in such eventualities.
Data Protection Act 1) Data Protection Act 1984 under which computer users who hold personal data about individuals on their files (other than exempt data) must register with the Data Protection Registrar (from whom all relevant information can be obtained). |
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