Task 7
- 1. Race Relations Act 1976 Sex Discrimination Act 1975 on racial grounds he treats that other less favourably than he treats or would treat other persons; or Items that are covered include discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin in the fields of employment, the provision of goods and services, education and public functions. The Act was repealed by the Equality Act 2010, which supersedes and consolidates previous discrimination law in the UK. jeremy clarkson says n word is which happond lately this act would not allow it to go on Human Rights Act 1998 mostly came into force on 2 October 2000 The Convention was drafted by the Council of Europe after World War II. Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe was the Chair of the Committee on Legal and Administrative Questions of the Council's Consultative Assembly from 1949 to 1952, and oversaw the drafting of the European Convention on Human Rights In 2008 the editor of the Daily Mail criticised the Human Rights Act for allowing, in effect, a right to privacy at English law despite the fact that Parliament has not passed such legislation Senior Labour politicians have criticised the Human Rights Act and the willingness of the judiciary to invoke declarations on incompatibility against terrorism legislation Licensing Act 2003
- 2. Act establishes a single integrated scheme for licensing premises which are used for the sale or supply In turn, "regulated entertainment" is defined as: a performance of a play, an exhibition of a film, an indoor sporting event, a boxing or wrestling entertainment (both indoors and outdoors), a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music, or a performance of dance The new requirement that there be a licence for the playing of live music in any venue no matter how small has been criticized for reducing the number of places where artists can play to tiny audiences. There have been press stories about how the law unreasonably singles out the playing of musical instruments when compared to other forms of entertainment, such as circus performing Privacy Law Privacy law refers to the laws which deal with the regulation of personal information about individuals which can be collected by governments and other public as well as private organizations and its storage and use. These laws are designed to regulate specific types of information. Some examples include: Health privacy laws Financial privacy laws Online privacy laws Communication privacy laws Information privacy laws Privacy in one's home
- 3. it is conteveral about how mutch rights that press are allowed to have with the public news of the word phone hack Copyright & Intellectual Property Law A patent grants an inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering to sell, and importing an invention for a limited period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention. An invention is a solution to a specific technological problem, which may be a product or a process A copyright gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time. Copyright may apply to a wide range of creative, intellectual, or artistic forms, or "works". Copyright does not cover ideas and information themselves, only the form or manner in which they are expressed. A trademark is a recognizable sign, design or expression which distinguishes products or services of a particular trader from the similar products or services of other traders Libel law Their aim is to balance the right of free speech against protection for the reputation of an individual from unjustified attack
- 4. In law, a person is defamed if statements in a publication expose him to hatred or ridicule, cause him to be shunned, lower him in the estimation in the minds of "right-thinking" members of society or disparage him in his work. Claimants will have to show they have suffered "serious harm" before suing, under the Defamation Act 2013 The changes - coming in on 1 January - will also address "libel tourism". Obscene Publications Act Obscene Publications Act 1857 Obscene Publications Act 1959 Obscene Publications Act 1964 also known as Lord Campbell's Act or Campbell's Act The Act provided for the seizure and summary disposition of any material deemed to be obscene, and held for sale or distribution Broadcasting Act 1990 The aim of the Act was to reform the entire structure of British broadcasting; British television, in particular, had earlier been described by Margaret Thatcher as "the last bastion of restrictive practices". The act came about after the finding from the Peacock Committee its replacement with the Independent Television Commission and Radio Authority
- 5. was now obliged to source at least 25% of its output from independent production companies