But tight regulations are not always tightly applied, in part because of the unique administrative difficulties faced by small states.
"T" had been CRB checked when he applied for a part-time job at a local football club aged 17 and later for a university course in sports studies.
Earlier this month the BBC apologised after a memory stick containing the personal details of hundreds of children who had applied to take part in a TV show was stolen from a vehicle.
The changes follow a Court of Appeal hearing concerning a job applicant, known as T, who had to disclose police cautions he had received at the age of 11 over two stolen bicycles when he applied for a part-time job at a football club.
The case at the heart of of a 21-year-old man - identified only as T - who was forced to disclose when he applied for a part-time job at a football club that he had received warnings from Greater Manchester Police for stealing two bicycles when he was 11.
Heart of Atlanta, for its part, applied only to motels that opened their doors for business.
He said his ruling applied only to the part of the law that establishes the individual mandate, and any directly dependent provisions that refer to that part.
Ballymena applied for city status as part of the millennium celebrations in 2000.
The university has applied for permission to remove part of a listed wall which separates the car park from the grounds of a former school.
In addition, the late payment penalty mentioned above of one-half of one percent of the tax (0.5%) is applied for each month, or part of a month the balance is not paid.
The story starts back in January 1998, when Royal Ordinance, now part of BAe Systems, applied for an export licence to refurbish the 30 Moroccan guns in Western Sahara and also, according to a confidential document we have seen, supply six new guns.
Canterbury City Council said the 3D laser scan being applied during the structural survey was planned as part of the year-long closure.
As part of its continuing campaign, FAC applied to Glasgow City Council to stage a rally in George Square followed by a street parade.
In a recent case, a majority of the Justices applied a provision of the Voting Rights Act to reject part of a Texas redistricting plan that was found to hurt Hispanic voters.
The proposal would include part of the neighbouring Brewery Fields but campaigners have applied to have that designated as a town green.
Dr Ritchie told jurors this act could result in anything from bruising to fracturing, depending on which part of the club was used and the force applied.
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That suggests, at the very least, that congestion pricing should be applied judiciously to resolve specific acute problems, rather than as part of a broader effort to curb traffic.
Zahid Khan, a senator from the Awami National Party, which was part of the outgoing coalition government, said "double standards" were being applied to favor the former military ruler.
First Solar plans to idle half of its German factory and has applied for a government assistance program to put about 1, 200 employees there on a part-time work schedule, the company said Thursday.
Although Dr Michel has not yet applied his idea to an entire chip, he has shown that the electricity-generation part of the process can be made to work perfectly well in a system of channels like those found in a 3D chip.
Which is why a small part of me was saddened with the news today that both Syracuse and Pittsburgh have applied for membership to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
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The extent to which this denial of material facts is not just an omission but dereliction of duty on the part of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is suggested by the outrageous double-standard its investigators reportedly applied as they conducted interviews with the prospective victim and her family.
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