Enabling Legislation (Noun)
Meaning
Legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement or enforce the law.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The government passed enabling legislation to allow the agency to regulate the financial industry more effectively.
- Enabling legislation was necessary to give the minister the power to make decisions on the new policy.
- The enabling legislation for the healthcare reform bill granted the department of health the authority to oversee the implementation.
- To implement the new environmental regulations, the government had to pass enabling legislation to give the agency the necessary powers.
- The enabling legislation for the education reform act allowed the state to take control of underperforming schools and implement new management structures.