The bill to provide the statutory framework was introduced in the 1998/9 parliamentary session.

He will put pressure on Congress to pass legislation, to provide a solid statutory framework for the new standards.

In both cases, he said, the agency's rules were inconsistent with the statutory framework established by Congress.

"My job at this point," he said, "is to understand the statutory framework for the board and comply with it."

The legal and statutory framework which governed them also changed.

The 1938 Act provides much of the statutory framework that exists today.

The agreement, which set a statutory framework for national decisions on taxes and spending, was supposed to last five years.

We have to make use of it and create the relevant statutory framework.

The work often occurs within a statutory framework because levels of risk and vulnerability are high.

A good starting point is the statutory framework within which they are working.