discretionary provision

collocation in English

meaningsofdiscretionaryandprovision

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discretionary
adjective
uk
/dɪˈskreʃ.ən.ər.i/us
/dɪˈskreʃ.ən.er.i/
able to be decided by a particular person or group, rather than being controlled by rules, or relating to the power to make ...
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provision
noun
uk
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/us
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of ...
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(Definition ofdiscretionaryandprovisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is adiscretionaryprovision, so each case must be considered on its merits and not according to precedent.
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I cannot think that any local authority would choose to adopt thisdiscretionaryprovisionbecause they thought it might substantially increase their rate revenue.
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It gives local authorities little scope for additionaldiscretionaryprovision.
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Thirdly, in the case of local authority provision, there was a lack of statutory backing and an emphasis ondiscretionaryprovision.
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I hope that we shall be able to make people aware that thediscretionaryprovisionexists.
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Thediscretionaryprovisionprovides flexibility in the matter, which is surely desirable.
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It is the non-statutory duties—thediscretionaryprovisionof services—that are affected.
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It must be remembered that this is a purelydiscretionaryprovision.
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Thisdiscretionaryprovisionof the existing law is surely another powerful argument in favour of revising the law.
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In other words, a mandatory provision is being turned into adiscretionaryprovision.
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Also, the newdiscretionaryprovisionshould and will help.
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It would not necessarily eliminate them entirely and, of course, we retain thediscretionaryprovision although the period has been altered to ten days.
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Nursery education is adiscretionaryprovisionand each authority must decide what priority it gives to it.
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No one asked for it to be changed to adiscretionaryprovision.
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At the same time, thediscretionaryprovisionthat allows certain charges to be met in full, even if they exceed the local limit, will be removed.
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It is not known how many, if any, of these pensions were awarded in accordance with thediscretionaryprovisionof schedule 1(1) of the scheme.
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There was also adiscretionaryprovisionin which there was a balancing test between the public interest in favour of disclosure and the public interest against.
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Thediscretionaryprovisionwill allow for that.
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