Sentences with phrase «on health grounds»

This session followed the release of the CTG Campaign's submission to the Federal Government calling for the proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act to be dropped on health grounds.

The Close the Gap (CTG) Campaign calls for the proposed changes to be scrapped on health grounds, noting that racism is linked to anxiety, depression, poor mental health, psychological distress, suicide risk, diabetes, smoking, alcohol and substance misuse and emotional and behavioural difficulties.

The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act («IRPA») stipulates that foreign nationals are inadmissible to Canada on health grounds if their health condition might reasonably be expected to cause an «excessive demand» on health or social services, or if they have an inadmissible family member (i.e., an inadmissible spouse or dependent child).

Bensaid v UK The only other case in which the court has considered a challenge to expulsion on health grounds at a full hearing is Bensaid v UK (App No 44599 / 98)[2001] ECHR 44599 / 98.

From 1998 to 2014 there were 49 legal cases against wind power on health grounds; 48 were decided in favour of wind power.

If you make an insurance claim on health grounds, insurers may ask for medical records or proof you didn't have the problem when you took out the policy, and will probably turn it down if you've had a similar medical problem before.

Schools can work with local authorities to limit the proliferation of fast food outlets in certain areas, as they can be refused planning consent on health grounds.

BTW, as for your statement about their being no evidence that «vegans» live longer than anyone else, I don't advocate «veganism» as such on health grounds.

However, I don't really have a problem on health grounds with a WFPB diet that includes some fish (although many people here do strenuously advocate an exclusively vegetarian WFPB diet).

Northern Ireland secretary James Brokenshire left the cabinet in January after standing down on health grounds, and Mrs Rudd became the fifth cabinet member to leave amid claims she misled Parliament over targets for removing illegal migrants.

The re-run was necessitated when the former candidate, Ibrahim Basha Shaharawi, stepped down on health grounds.

Lady Thatcher declined on health grounds although Sir John will be present when Prince William marries Kate Middleton.

Mr P. Ejiofor, counsel to Madubugwu, on his part, prayed the court to grant his client bail on health grounds.

The party added that since the governor was being treated with tax payers» money, the people of the state should not rely on hearsay, urging the governor to come to equity with clean hands, disclose his current health status and proceed on leave on health grounds.

He said that the second defendant who predicated her application for bail on health grounds did not provide any medical report to back it up.

Countries may seek to introduce discriminatory moves justified on health grounds which would hit exports and, in turn, impact the entire UK economy.

The deputy prime minister then admitted allegations of sexual harassment led to Rennard's resignation from the party, despite assuring press outlets over the weekend that the decision was taken on health grounds.

I said that I would bring forward my planned resignation as the Liberal Democrats Chief Executive on health grounds.

He spent about four months of 2017 in the United Kingdom on health grounds and still wants to run for a second term for selfish reasons.

Suswam, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the same Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, was absent from court on health grounds on Tuesday, which had been scheduled for the continuation of his trial.

Liberal Democrats in the seat believe they have a significant chance of re-taking the seat should O'Mara decide to step down on health grounds.

Also speaking to Saturday PUNCH, the leader of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Pastor Christmas Mark, asked President Buhari to honourably resign if he was not fit to rule the country on health grounds.

«The first defendant Nnamdi Kanu has appealed to the court for bail based on health grounds and it is only the living that can stand trial.

It is on record that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja presided by Honourable Justice Binta Nyako on the 28th April, 2017, granted bail to one Mr. Nnamdi Kanu on health grounds with about 12 conditions attached to his Bail.

He was chief executive for six years from 2003 until he stepped down six years later on health grounds.

This is because the party's 2016 parliamentary nominee for the constituency Ibrahim Basha Shaharawi has stepped down on health grounds.

He was released on parole on health grounds after serving just over two years

The MoJ started rolling out restrictions on smoking with the aim of protecting non-smokers from the effects of passive smoking, not only on health grounds but also to reduce the likelihood of legal action being brought against the prison service by inmates and employees alike.

You can't simplify opposition to GM on health grounds alone.

Secondary reductions in consumption may occur from the negative publicity surrounding sugar sweetened drinks, resulting from either the continuing debate about legislation or the stigma attached to public awareness of a special tax on health grounds.

Not exact matches

Hobby Lobby and Conestoga are companies that want to be allowed to opt out, on religious grounds, of the U.S. Affordable Care Act's requirement that employer health plans pay for contraception.

That ruling says businesses may object on religious grounds to offering health services stipulated by the ACA, such as abortion services and fertility drugs.

Three years ago, when four of the major health insurers rushed to partner on large - scale mergers, the deals were blocked by the Department of Justice, and ultimately rejected by the courts on anti-trust grounds.

In January, a federal judge blocked a $ 37 billion merger between the health insurance giants Aetna and Humana after the Justice Department said that it should not proceed based on antitrust grounds.

For Labour, shadow health spokeswoman Baroness Thornton said the current provisions to allow people to refuse certain activities on moral and religious grounds are balanced and work.

CNN: Senate votes to kill controversial contraception amendment The Senate voted Thursday to kill a controversial proposal pushed by Republicans that would allow employers to opt out of providing health care coverage that they disagree with on moral grounds.

South Ribble Council are investigating Fr Cribben's death on health and safety grounds.

Though the country recently released thousands of prisoners on humanitarian grounds ahead of Benedict's arrival, Gross, who is serving a 15 - year sentence, was not among them, despite reports of his worsening health.

Interventions in education, health, housing, regional planning, and other areas may have demographic consequences, but they are justified on other grounds.

The attack to which Huckabee was referring, of course, is that section of President Obama's health care plan which requires virtually all institutions to provide contraceptives to their employees, even those religious organizations which reject contraception on moral grounds.

On prudential grounds I find it hard to share R.R. Reno's hope («Reforming the Health - Care Reform,» June / July 2010) that Obamacare might lead to a strengthened private insurance sector.

«Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights» — SHSRs — says the report, «are basic rights for women and men which should not be restricted on religious grounds.»

The report calls on the Member States to provide «adolescent - friendly sexual and reproductive health services which are in accordance with age, maturity and evolving capacities, which do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation / identity, and which are accessible without the consent of parents or guardians.»

The company opposes providing some contraceptives to employees through its company health care plan on religious grounds, saying some contraceptive products, like the morning after pill, equate to abortion.

When this idea was attacked, on the grounds that the new Medicare subsidy might not be adequate to purchase sufficient health care benefits, Ryan changed his proposal so that Medicare would have a «defined benefit,» but the size of the government subsidy would be determined by competitive bidding (determining who could provide the benefits at the lowest price), rather than by government bureaucrats.

Ahead of Friday's annual March for Life, pro-life Christians celebrated new federal protections for health care workers who decline to administer procedures such as abortion, sterilization, or euthanasia on religious or moral grounds.

The Obama administration has changed a George W. Bush provision that was created to allow health workers to opt out of services they find objectionable on religious grounds, Rob Stein of the Washington Postreports.

Therefore, it almost feels like a concession to the modern world to read that Benedict XVI is retiring on grounds of ill health, as if he were a CEO rather than God's man on Earth.

Atty. Zelda Soriano, Legal Counsel for the Petitioners discussed the grounds on which the appellate court based their favorable decision, which includes the main argument of the petitioners that the field testing is characterized by «serious scientific uncertainty with regard to its health and environmental effects.»

This apparently was on health and safety grounds.