The phrase "act on the grounds" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to taking action based on specific reasons or justifications.
Example: "The committee decided to act on the grounds of safety concerns raised by the community."
Alternatives: "take action based on" or "proceed on the basis of".
According to Section 5(3), a regulatory authority may apply to the Minister of Trade and Industry for an industry-wide exemption from one or more provisions of this Act on the grounds that those provisions overlap or duplicate a regulatory scheme administered by that regulatory authority in terms of any other national legislation; or any treaty, international law, convention or protocol [ 21].
The summons was issued under the Public Order Act on the grounds that the sign incited religious hatred.
In April 2002 Westminster City Council began legal action under the Highways Act on the grounds that Haw was a "nuisance", although the case never came to court.
There is certainly a case for a second act on the grounds of allowing the next wave of managers to take over running the first.
Simon Jenkins takes a hefty swing at the Freedom of Information Act on the grounds that its "total disclosure" damages good government.
The House's 410-to-3 vote on what is known as the Stolen Valor Act came less than three months after the Supreme Court struck down the original act on the grounds that it violated First Amendment free speech rights.
Members of the band Death Cab for Cutie are booked for acoustic performances, Moby will be spinning records at late-night parties, and various outdoor shows will align rock and hip-hop acts with on-the-ground activists.
The Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 includes the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, which supports on-the-ground tiger research and conservation.
He was one of 34 senators who voted against the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, on the ground that that it had no exception for the use of the procedure to protect the health of the pregnant woman.
And President Obama has declined to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, on the ground that it is discriminatory.
Thomas Jefferson declined to enforce the Sedition Act, on the ground that it violated the First Amendment, even though the courts were prepared to uphold the Act.
