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His bill would "solely and simply" amend the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to raise the threshold from the current age of consent of 16.
BBC: Ten Minute Rule Bill - Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill
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The second point the GPhC makes is that the allegation about Ainsworths "would fall below the current threshold criteria for referral to the investigating committee".
BBC: Cases dropped against malaria homeopaths
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The current threshold for White House response is when a petition gathers 100, 000 signatures within 30 days up from lower thresholds that allowed for too many frivolous petitions.
NPR: Chinese Air Their Cases By Petitioning White House
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Cherie Blair, a longtime employment and human-rights lawyer, points out that the current threshold for employees to bring claims is a compromise between the six months set by the Labour government in 1975 and the two-year threshold brought in by the Thatcher administration in 1985.
ECONOMIST: Employment tribunals
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Nineteen states have minimum wages that are above the current federal threshold, though "tipped employees, " such as restaurant workers, often receive an hourly wage that is lower.
WSJ: State of the Union: Minimum Wage Debate Is Back On
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Cable, for example, is considering technologies extending the reach of its coaxial cable networks above the current 1 GHz threshold, and Verizon has demonstrated 1 gigabit and 10 gigabit capability on its existing FiOS network.
FORBES: Crashing the Broadband Party
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When asked why he does not ask Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint a special counsel, as he did for Whitewater, the president said at that time there was no current law on the books describing the threshold.
CNN: In The Line Of Fire
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So instead of using resources to lobby for a new federal law that lowers the threshold, the NTSB should direct its influence on helping states enforce the current one.
CNN: Don't lower threshold on drunken driving
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When I point to recent reports from the World Bank and International Energy agency calculating that on current trends we have no chance of keeping within the 2C temperature threshold set by political leaders, she agrees.
BBC: Harrabin's Notes: Broken engagement
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But unlike the current version of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the ban was confined to tests above a specific threshold that was verifiable and allowed a limited number of proof-tests of existing stockpiles to determine their reliability.
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