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The amendment to the Quarantine Act will primarily contribute to increased confidence and is in line with the recommendations of the cross-party committee that was appointed, says Minister of Digitalization [...]

Oslo, Norway: According to a press release, Minister for Digitalization and Administration Karianne Tung (AP) states that the Quarantine Act change will mainly lead to increased trust and is in [...]

Geneva, Switzerland: World Trade Organization has issued the following document: Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: English NOTIFICATION Addendum The following communication, received on 26 May 2023, is being [...]

A committee has proposed several amendments to the Quarantine Act. The proposals are now being sent out for consultation. The Quarantine Act provides rules on quarantine and case bans when [...]

The Federal Court has handed down its ruling in the second test case concerning whether insurance policies for 'business interruption or interference' (BII) cover COVID-19 related loss, including any loss [...]

Snapshot On 25 June 2021, the High Court of Australia refused two insurers special leave to appeal the decision of the NSW Court of Appeal in HDI Global Specialty SE [...]

International travelers returning to Canada are supposed to quarantine in a hotel upon arrival, but it turns out travelers arriving at Calgary International Airport who ignore the rule have almost [...]

The business interruption test case in the NSW Court of Appeal (NSWCA) has resulted in a decision favouring policyholders, rather than insurers. This test case has awakened insurers to the [...]

Dec. 8 -- Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) issued the following news release: The Board of the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has agreed that an application for special leave [...]

COVID-19: BUSINESS INSURANCE HDI Global Specialty SE v Wonkana No. 3 Pty Ltd ('HDI Global Speciality'), was a highly anticipated New South Wales Supreme Court of Appeal decision as a [...]

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and overseas has had a hugely damaging economic effect on the business community. Many of these businesses hold Business Interruption (BI) insurance [...]

When 47-year-old Makhan Singh Parhar returned home to New Westminster from the United States, he was required to self-isolate for 14 days under the Quarantine Act. However, despite being reminded [...]

The former owner of a North Delta yoga studio whose business licence was revoked by the city for refusing to follow public health orders relating to COVID-19 is facing charges [...]

A man, who was ticketed for breaching the Quarantine Act in Canada, is facing charges. 47-year-old Makhan Singh Parhar, of New Westminster, was taken into custody after he allegedly failed [...]

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau announced today that the Mandatory Isolation Support for Temporary Foreign Workers Program will be extended until November 30, 2020. The decision follows the [...]

An Ottawa woman has been charged under Canadas Quarantine Act after police say she violated self-isolation orders to work at a long-term health facility in the city. The Ottawa Police [...]

One of Ontario's most vocal critics of health measures meant to keep people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic has been charged with violating the federal Quarantine Act, police say. Chris [...]

Introduction Many businesses are in the process of assessing how sustainable continued operations will be after the COVID-19 pandemic ends. With temporary protections under the Corporations Act, such as changes [...]

Recently authorities charged an American man of breaching the federal Quarantine Act after allegedly visiting a popular tourist destination in Banff while he was supposed to be travelling from Alaska [...]

During this time of pandemic, a Chatham man may have exposed members of the community to the coronavirus following a trip to Florida. Regarding the incident, Chatham-Kent police received a [...]

A U.S. couple that was charged and fined in Canada for for self-isolation failure can now move about restriction-free. OPP say the couple from Florida was charged in northern Ontario [...]

Air Canada's Chief Medical Officer today issued a letter urging the Canadian government to consider a science-based approach to easing the Quarantine Act restrictions, which have been essentially unchanged since [...]

$1,000 fines were issued to two Minnesota inhabitants after not following with Ontarios Mandatory Quarantine Act, after making stops in the Town of Fort Frances. On June 24, the two [...]

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization assessed COVID-19 as a pandemic. The Canadian government has unveiled aggressive new measures to contain the coronavirus and this has direct impact [...]

Faced with the uncertainty as to the actual number of people infected with the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, the current spike in number of infected persons (particularly in Lagos State) [...]

A Summary of the Lagos State Infectious Diseases (Emergency Prevention) Regulations 2020 1.0 Introduction The Lagos State Infectious Diseases (Emergency Prevention) Regulations 2020 ('the Regulation') was issued to prevent and [...]

The Province is introducing new measures to make sure British Columbians returning home from international destinations have the support they need to self-isolate and keep their communities safe from COVID-19. [...]

The Government of Canada has announced that effective midnight tonight (12:01 a.m. on March 26, 2020) all travelers to Canada will be subject to a mandatory 14-day isolation period pursuant [...]

The Government of Canada has announced that effective midnight tonight (12:01 a.m. on March 26, 2020) all travelers to Canada will be subject to a mandatory 14-day isolation period pursuant [...]

Event On March 25th the federal government invoked the Quarantine Act to enforce the 14-day isolation period for those returning to Canada from overseas, amid signs that many of them [...]

In the midst of an outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus, or COVID-19, countries around the world are putting measures in place to prevent and minimize the risks of the virus [...]

Summary On November 27, 2014 the Australian federal government introduced the Biosecurity Bill 2014 (Cth) (the Bill) into Parliament. The Bill is to replace the Quarantine Act 1908 (Cth) (the [...]

The Director of ISS Import Trading Pty Ltd received a suspended 16 month prison sentence at the Victorian County Court in Melbourne last week for knowingly importing prohibited meat from [...]

Valletta: Government of Malta has issued the following news release: IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette [...]