Convention rights definition

Convention rights means the rights identified as Convention rights by section 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998;
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Convention rights means the rights identified as Convention rights by section 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (whether or not in relation to a State that is a party to the Human Rights Convention);
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Convention rights means the particular rights and freedoms of the European Convention of Human Rights specified at s.1 HRA.
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Examples of Convention rights in a sentence

  • We do not believe that Convention rights are engaged in relation to this determination.

  • The decision to GRANT planning permission has been taken having regard to all relevant planning legislation, regulations, guidance, circulars and Council policies, including The Human Rights Act (1998) (HRA 1998) which makes it unlawful for the Council to act incompatibly with Convention rights, specifically Article 6 (right to a fair hearing); Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life); Article 1 of the First Protocol (protection of property) and Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination).

  • In addition Members should note that the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) makes it unlawful for the Council to act incompatibly with Convention rights.

  • The Contractor shall, and shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure that its employees or agents and/or sub-contractors shall, at all times, act in a way which is compatible with the Convention rights within the meaning of Section 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998.

  • It is considered that any such actual or potential infringement of such Convention rights is justified.

  • At the one extreme, there is a view advanced by Sir Richard Buxton which excludes any effect of Convention rights between private parties.46 According to this view, the European Convention itself only applies against the State and while the Human Rights Act makes Convention rights enforceable in English law, the content of these rights cannot have changed in the course of that process of transmission.

  • They still apply only against the State.47 In Sir Richard’s opinion, even in the case of positive obligations, the duty to protect Convention rights remains that of the State, and ‘[t]hat cannot be translated into a direct right held by the applicant against those other subjects’.48 It is evident that with the adoption of this approach, fundamental rights and private common law in the UK would hardly interact with each other and would continue to exist in parallel.

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  • This triggers a power that allows a Minister to make a remedial order to amend the legislation to bring it into line with the Convention rights.

  • First, it requires all legislation to be interpreted and given effect as far as possible compatibly with the Convention rights.


More Definitions of Convention rights

Convention rights means the rights identified as Convention rights by section 1 of the Human Rights Act 200115; 8 2002 c.419 see Immigration (Isle of Man) Order 2008 (SI 2008/680) (as amended).10 2014 c.2211 SD 2016/006212 SD 2009/063513 SD 2005/006214 (CETS No. 035)15 AT 1 of 2001Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2016 Regulation 3
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Convention rights shall have the meaning given to it at clause 76.8 (Laws, Policies and Related Matters);
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Related to Convention rights

  • Stock Option Agreement means the agreement between the Company and an Optionee that contains the terms, conditions and restrictions pertaining to his or her Option.

  • Stock Option means a contractual right granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6 hereof to purchase shares of Common Stock at such time and price, and subject to such conditions, as are set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

  • Limited rights means the rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose technical data, in whole or in part, within the Government. The Government may not, without the written permission of the party asserting limited rights, release or disclose the technical data outside the Government, use the technical data for manufacture, or authorize the technical data to be used by another party, except that the Government may reproduce, release, or disclose such data or authorize the use or reproduction of the data by persons outside the Government if—

  • Restricted Stock Agreement means the agreement between the Company and the recipient of a Restricted Share that contains the terms, conditions and restrictions pertaining to such Restricted Share.

  • Stock Award Agreement means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.