"a legislation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to laws or regulations. For example, "The government is hoping to pass a legislation that would amend the current tax code."
Rajasthan: On Thursday the Rajasthan Assembly passed a legislation aimed at reducing corruption in the state (The Hindu).
"We pretend to have a legislation as if we were operating in Switzerland, but we are in Colombia".
In May, Maryland's governor Martin O'Malley signed a legislation that increases the state's minimum wage to $10.10 by 2018.
The bridegroom's mother is a legislation, program and policy analyst and program manager in the program development group of the New York State Assembly.
I'm not an expert, I can't propose any complete plan for reform, but I have a firm conviction that a legislation that disregards the dignity and freedom of the people will ultimately end up in the rubbish bin of history.
He had been working for months with Senators John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, on the a legislation, which they were scheduled to announce with considerable fanfare on Monday morning.
The plan to scrap maintenance grants, which help half a million of the poorest students pay for university life, will go through a legislation committee on Thursday, without a vote and debate on the floor of the House of Commons.
Once the commission's legal texts are on the table, the parliament would move quickly to expedite the legislative process, Schulz promised, but he added: "I can't give a guarantee for the future of a legislation.
"One argument is that extending term limits supports the status quo because it makes it easier for incumbents to stay in office," said Richard Briffault, a legislation professor at Columbia Law School.
He says an advisory Highway Code amendment would be more effective than a legislation change as the distance would be hard to measure in practical terms and "Mr Loophole-style lawyers who get their clients off speed camera offences would constantly challenge the evidence regarding passing distances, which would be hard to prove beyond reasonable doubt".
