mandatory duty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmandatoryandduty
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mandatory
adjective
uk/ˈmæn.də.tər.i/us/ˈmæn.də.tɔːr.i/
Something that is mandatory must be done, or is demanded ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈdʒuː.ti/us/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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(Definition ofmandatoryanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is nomandatorydutythere.
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It is not amandatoryduty.
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It gives discretion andmandatorydutyto the panel.
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They are trying to suggest that there is amandatorydutywhen in fact it is a discretionary duty dressed up as amandatoryduty.
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The amendment proposes that it is amandatorydutyto consider "matters which arc relevant".
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There have been no representations in favour of amandatoryduty.
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I do not think anything would be gained by making this amandatoryduty.
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There is a degree of discrimination, it is true; but basically it is amandatoryduty.
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They have themandatorydutyto assist in enforcing race discrimination legislation.
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It does not involve amandatorydutywhich juxtaposes the finish and the sending away.
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It would be a reserve power and there would be nomandatorydutyon him.
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What we are reluctant to do is to place amandatorydutyto authorities.
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I should like to see them having amandatorydutyand occasionally to meet and give advice.
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But local authorities have amandatorydutyto provide secondary school places for all children living in their areas.
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Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, why is there to be a statutorymandatorydutyenforceable in the courts?
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It also gave the courts amandatorydutyto deal with cigarette vending machines used by youngsters.
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When councillors meet they have amandatoryduty; they have functions to perform and matters that they are permitted to do in education.
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The question is whether the enabling power we have is sufficient or whether we need amandatorydutyto subscribe and belong.
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The imposition of amandatorydutyon local authorities would be to tell them that they must face an open-ended commitment.
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But the converse is true: the committee has amandatorydutyto keep the legislation, its implementation and administration under review.
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My firm legal advice is that, where a statute imposed amandatorydutyon an authority, the power follows that duty.
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It may be a power coupled with a duty, in the language of the law, but the second one is an express, specific,mandatoryduty.
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This is a clause seeking to impose amandatorydutyto sell any or all local authority houses to people who ask to buy them.
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It makes it amandatorydutyon the part of a local authority to appoint enough persons to discharge this particular function.
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Of particular concern to councils was the imposition on them of amandatorydutyto deal with the problem of fly-tipping.
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