Sentences with phrase «so on a voluntary basis»

What I seem to gather is this: 1) The absolute risk of death from home birth is LOW, which is why homebirth advocates say that this study proves homebirth is «safe», however: 2) Compared to HOSPITAL births, the rate of death for homebirth is MUCH higher, and 3) The midwives reporting did so on a voluntary basis, so this isn't a study that is worth very much anyway.

This project is government approved and the participants who take part in it are doing so on a voluntary basis.

While New York State is encouraging the use of Telematics, it is only doing so on a voluntary basis.

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Children from Mexico and Canada, on the other hand, can be subject to «voluntary repatriation» within 72 hours of their capture, so long as an immigration officer finds that they were not the subject of a «severe form of trafficking in persons» and do not have a basis to claim asylum.

God's use of persuasion, as opposed to omnipotent coercion, which is so often attributed to God, is not based on a voluntary self - limitation.

A third and more recent Protestant pronouncement is found in this statement: «As for the relation of church agencies to the program of technical co-operation it will suffice to say that in so far as this program is essentially humanitarian in character, Christian missionaries and the personnel of church - related institutions are prepared and eager to co-operate with this program, on a consultative and voluntary basis.

«It is good that so many voluntary organisations, the vast majority of which are based on churches, are working to provide help for families during the summer holidays.

Moreover, all of this common knowledge of the so - called primary properties is based on measurements in terms of units: centimeter, gram, second, with operational definitions which are recipes for voluntary actions.

If the school is asking you to come in and present on a voluntary, unpaid basis, it is up to the professional to determine whether they want to do so.

The Government announced today that... · only businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold (currently # 85,000) will have to keep digital records and only for VAT purposes · they will only need to do so from 2019 · businesses will not be asked to keep digital records, or to update HMRC quarterly, for other taxes until at least 2020 Making Tax Digital will be available on a voluntary basis for the smallest businesses, and for other taxes.

Baroness Cumberlege, the junior health minister, tells me that her department recognises that passive smoking is a health risk and has attempted to encourage employers, on a voluntary basis, to develop and implement policies to control smoking so that those who wish to can work in a smoke - free environment.

So while my wife's LIRA was based on the capital provided at that long - ago voluntary termination from her employer's pension plan, it has of course grown tax - deferred since then: to roughly double what it was at inception but apart from reinvesting dividends and interest, no further outside injections of capital occurred.

NJ drivers may take this course on a voluntary basis, so the defensive driving requirements are pretty simple.

The main purpose of the Act is to amend the Adoption Act 2010 to provide: • that married parents may place a child for adoption, on a voluntary basis, in circumstances where both parents place the child for adoption and where both parents consent to the making of the adoption order; • for revised criteria so that where an application to adopt a child is made in respect of a child who is in the custody of and who has had a home with the applicants for a period of at least 18 months, and where that child's parents have failed in their parental duty towards that child for a continuous period of not less than 36 months, the High Court may dispense with parental consent and authorise the Adoption Authority to make an adoption order in respect of that child; • that the best interests of the child is the paramount consideration in relation to any matter, application or proceedings under the Adoption Act 2010 and that the views of the child shall be ascertained by the Adoption Authority or by the court, as the case may be, and shall be given due weight, having regard to the age and maturity of the child.

First, notwithstanding the high rate of consent to participation (78 %), participation was voluntary and based on parents» consent, so a self - selection bias can not be excluded.

In addition, this review is being done on a strictly voluntary basis and without any requests from Mr. Thomas to do so.