Collocations withlegislation

These are words often used in combination withlegislation.

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anti-discrimination legislation
Anti-discrimination legislation outlaws some forms of restriction of participation for people with health conditions.
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care legislation
While the community care legislation was enacted in 1990, full implementation was delayed until 1993.
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civil legislation
The present example of consultation and co-operation in civil legislation may in time spread to criminal legislation.
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comprehensive legislation
Others argue that the push to promote electronic commerce has been an important catalyst in the drive toward comprehensive legislation on data protection (38).
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congressional legislation
This was a change from congressional legislation in 1789 that denied habeas corpus review in federal courts to prisoners held under state law.
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consideration of legislation
The principle of timetabling is good because it enables us to have effective consideration of legislation.
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contentious legislation
I was aware of that, but it should have been introduced earlier, and less contentious legislation could possibly have been deferred.
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controversial legislation
This could have been important if majorityparty leaders utilized lame-duck sessions to enact controversial legislation, such as bills that cut across the interests of majority-party members.
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discriminatory legislation
It remains to be seen whether the constitutional safeguards against discriminatory legislation are effective.
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domestic legislation
Domestic legislation does not contain the concept.
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draconian legislation
Finally, there is the assessment of lawmakers thinking about adopting draconian legislation now-like our cur rent drug laws-to avert more draconian laws in the future.
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drafting legislation
However, that does not stop me making the point that drafting legislation in such a manner is to be deprecated.
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emergency legislation
Even in recent years, parliamentary scrutiny of the emergency legislation has been woefully inadequate.
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enabling legislation
By 1984 tax subsidies to these provinces were a large multiple of the amounts authorised by the enabling legislation.
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enactment of legislation
Periodically this has facilitated the enactment of legislation, promoted by anti-party reformers, constraining parties.
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environmental legislation
This leads them to pass environmental legislation, create new institutions for the protection of the environment, and so forth.
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existing legislation
In most of the countries surveyed, existing legislation has established environmental institutions and provided for the use of economic incentives in environmental management.
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far-reaching legislation
I do not think it is a measure which would need any serious or far-reaching legislation.
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federal legislation
It covers the period from the last decade of the nineteenth century to the enactment of federal legislation restricting immigration in the 1920s.
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health legislation
Some of the more general theoretical passages on illness classification or mental health legislation are rather dry, although accurate and concise.
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immigration legislation
However, as a result of immigration legislation, the large majority of those admitted in recent years have been the wives and other dependants of earlier immigrants.
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introduction of legislation
What is new is the introduction of legislation based upon recognising the objective existence of racial categories.
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labour legislation
Until the late nineteenth century the labour legislation demanded compulsory service for propertyless adults, such as agricultural and domestic workers.
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legislation provision
In all this class of legislation provision has to be made to see that the enactments are carried out.
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major legislation
These reversals represent a sizeable portion of the major legislation from each chamber and each year.
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minimum wage legislation
The ultimate success of minimum wage legislation depends on enforcement.
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new legislation
The implementation of the new legislation hit labouring families hard.
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original legislation
In other cases, the original legislation may take the form of a standard, which the court replaces with something closer to a determinate r ule.
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passage of legislation
There is a basic problem with referendums that are held before the passage of legislation.
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passing legislation
Passing legislation in a separation-of-powers system requires the agreement of a number of veto players.
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penal legislation
Certain penal legislation dealing with labour offences has been revoked.
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piece of legislation
Examples of such patterns are the economic justifications for the contracting out of public services or the political background behind a particular piece of legislation.
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progressive legislation
This agenda stood at the centre of government attention, as illustrated by progressive legislation and concerns about ' pre-socialist remnants ' in families in the 1940s and 50s.
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proposed legislation
A consultation of contemporary newspapers might have helped flesh out the debates on proposed legislation, as well.
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protective legislation
Even those who opposed protective legislation usually agreed that women workers had 'special' characteristics.
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provincial legislation
Another mechanism is to have the child apprehended by child welfare authorities as a 'child in need of protection' which is defined in provincial legislation.
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recent legislation
Recent legislation requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to present economic evaluations when requesting reimbursement decisions will probably have an important impact in the future.
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reform legislation
At the same time, the reform legislation of 1864 was introduced.
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remedial legislation
The lengthy gap between the expression of government concerns and the adoption of remedial legislation provided a rich source of conspiracy theories.
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rent restriction legislation
I think most people would prefer that rent restriction legislation should, if possible, be abolished.
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repressive legislation
The trade union movement has suffered on many occasions from repressive legislation, as have tenants.
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requirement of legislation
The requirement of legislation before any change can be made is often inconvenient.
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restrictive legislation
The problem is monolingualism, or the coercion to become monolingual through restrictive legislation.
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sensible legislation
I naturally deplore all dirty tricks campaigns and all low and deplorable levels to which people sink when opposing perfectly sensible legislation.
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separate legislation
It is possible to separate legislation of research from legislation of its application.
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similar legislation
Not given to e rhetorical niceties, he next turned his attention to the campaign for similar legislation at the national level.
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sponsored legislation
Then she sponsored legislation to address some of their concerns.
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subsequent legislation
Subsequent legislation and decrees have been monitored, and little has changed since.
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substantive legislation
First, hierarchy-based forms of governance are limited and consist of mainly procedural and some substantive legislation regulating the statutory health insurance.
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supporting legislation
However, we need to have our own supporting legislation.
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