enactment of legislation

collocation in English

meaningsofenactmentandlegislation

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enactment
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪˈnækt.mənt/us
/ɪˈnækt.mənt/
lawspecialized
the act of putting something into action, especially the act of making ...
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legislation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌledʒ.əˈsleɪ.ʃən/
a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by ...
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(Definition ofenactmentandlegislationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Periodically this has facilitated theenactmentoflegislation, promoted by anti-party reformers, constraining parties.
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Geographical mapping and zoning was a key part of this process, complementing theenactmentoflegislationto control or outlaw many indigenous uses of forest land.
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Although extreme command-and-control approaches are not found in the cases in this special issue, we find the threat andenactmentoflegislationare evident as explicit assertions of hierarchy.
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Section 5 debarred theenactmentoflegislationwhich favoured any religion.
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They have considered also theenactmentoflegislation.
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My authority is not required for theenactmentoflegislationof this kind.
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We should not agree to theenactmentoflegislationwithout providing a system for people to obtain the advice that they deserve.
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It contrasts remarkably with the strange claims for the overwhelming fall that would result following theenactmentoflegislationin other countries.
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Surely there are other ways of dealing with the matter than by the mereenactmentoflegislation.
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Eighteen months after theenactmentoflegislation, the national curriculum working parties in those subjects have not even been set up.
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It took a total of 10 years from the commencement of the review to the finalenactmentoflegislation.
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Instead, it is theenactmentoflegislationby telex, letter or press release.
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Sadly, in the past decade or so there have been substantial delays between theenactmentoflegislationon this subject and its implementation.
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One of the safeguards that we have on fullenactmentoflegislationis that we do not bring forward provisions until we have adequate resources.
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But, of course, the risks in the market place of theenactmentoflegislationand the actual coming into effect of the legislation are absolutely enormous.
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We favor theenactmentoflegislationlooking to the improvement of conditions for wage earners.
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This led toenactmentoflegislationregarding corporate governance, labour and environmental issues.
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She led the effort for congressionalenactmentoflegislationto protect children from toxic art supplies.
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The most common is the active pursuit of harmonisation usually through theenactmentoflegislationwhich incorporates the harmonised principles into the local law.
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