legislative restriction

collocation in English

meaningsoflegislativeandrestriction

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withrestriction.
legislative
adjective
uk
/ˈledʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/
us
/ˈledʒ.ə.slə.t̬ɪv/
relating to laws or the making ...
See more atlegislative
restriction
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈstrɪk.ʃən/
us
/rɪˈstrɪk.ʃən/
an official limit ...
See more atrestriction

(Definition oflegislativeandrestrictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegislative restriction

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
That was not alegislativerestrictionbut an administrative one.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In promoting temperance my remedy is not the fads of the teetotaler or the effect of anylegislativerestrictionwhatever.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The first was that there was no history of progressivelegislativerestrictionof hunting with dogs over a long period in this country.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I cannot think of any article which it is legitimate to hawk for sale in the streets and with regard to which there is not some kind oflegislativerestriction.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We want progress both in terms of what we can do throughlegislativerestrictionon emissions and so on, but also what we can do to encourage individuals.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There is nolegislativerestrictionon the amount of noise that an employer can inflict on workers outside two small classes of worker—people who use woodworking machinery or drive tractors.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is no directlegislativerestriction, but the need to comply with the requirements as to prevention of cruelty to animals and to hygiene imposes an indirect limitation.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
To denounce everyone who takes any liquor which may be alcoholic as someone who should be put underlegislativerestrictionis a very intemperate way of looking at the question.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This was due to the content being similar in the previous films and while the autopsy scene was done realistically, it didn't requirelegislativerestrictionfor adult category.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The main levers of this power—this terrific power—are taxation, legislative restrictions, the management of money and the control of credit.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
History tells us that attempting to change the 'economic' climate by imposing legislative restrictions has little effect.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Is not that a sufficient reason to leave shopkeepers to do what is right without imposing on them legislative restrictions.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There are no legislative restrictions on the sale of condoms.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Of those, some 7·5 million work where there are no legislative restrictions on the hours worked.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Why should there be these legislative restrictions on the export of fittings?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He seemed to think more could be done by education to promote temperance than by legislative restrictions.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The provision of well-being is a broad power for local authorities but it is subject to all other legislative restrictions.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It does not wish to be held back by the 1808 and subsequent legislative restrictions that have been placed upon it.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There are at present no legislative restrictions prohibiting courts from imposing separate penalties where a person is charged with more than one offence.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Having lobbied vigorously against the legislative restrictions, they now responded by reducing fuel octane ratings on the forecourts.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition oflegislative
Go to the definition ofrestriction
See other collocations withrestriction