contravene

Object

• prohibition: The impugned provision does not therefore contravene the prohibition of discrimination.
• byelaw: If before this happens he contravenes the byelaw, he commits an offense and can be punished.
• regulation: The car park for 65 cars contravenes metropolitan open land regulations.
• convention: The lawyers say the reversal of the burden of proof in the Bill onto the individual, contravenes the European convention on human rights.
• provision: Such a Scheme would likely contravene the provisions of the Homelessness Act 2002 in relation to allocations.
• law: Illegal content is whatever contravenes the laws of the country in which the material is created or downloaded.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

6(1: Contravention of the conditions on the asbestos license Conviction on four accounts of contravening Regulation 6(1 ) of the 1983 Regulations.

Adjective complement

vulnerable: What practice needs developing in order to avoid contravening Vulnerable Adult policies ( concerning Adult Protection )?

Modifying Another Word

• knowingly: A person who knowingly contravenes this is liable to a fine of up to £ 2500 or up to 3 months in custody.
• thereby: Increasing patient choice would also reduce equity of treatment, thereby contravening one of the founding principles of the NHS ( 6 ).
• directly: No help, support, or patronage will be given to those groups which directly contravene this equal opportunities policy.
• thus: Too much of the day gets bogged down in lowland European forests ( thus contravening EU subsidy rules on avoiding concentrated trampling impacts.
• clearly: Furthermore, the incarceration of children in these circumstances clearly contravenes the European Convention of the Rights of Children.
• therefore: The impugned provision does not therefore contravene the prohibition of discrimination.

Preposition: in

respect: Institutional investor guidelines were also contravened in respect of the authority to issue shares for cash.