Sentence examples for gap in legislation from inspiring English sources
The Crown Office decided the circumstances of the killing did not meet the "statutory test for an offence to be aggravated by religious prejudice" but Scotland's chief law officer, James Wolffe QC, the lord advocate, has now written to the justice secretary as he believes the case highlighted a "potential gap" in legislation.
It was working to "fill the gap" in legislation to criminalise torture, said Sandro Gozi, the government's undersecretary for EU affairs told the Associated Press news agency.
Alarm among police firearms experts about "gaps in legislation" has increased after the murders last month of 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand.
These guidelines aim to address gaps in legislation and elaborate on ethical concerns more specifically.
The agreement foresees a number of specific activities designed to develop an agenda for action to address identified gaps in legislation.
The commonwealth director of public prosecutions says that criminalising revenge porn will "fill a gap" in existing legislation.
And that "compounding this confusion" there was an "apparent gap in the legislation regarding the retention of images, and the use of facial recognition software, by the police".
Brandis said this measure filled a gap in existing legislation whereby it was not unlawful for an officer of Asio to illicitly copy or remove material from Asio.
The present opportunity, generated by the need to carry out the revision of Portuguese building energy systems regulation, should be used to fill the existing gap in national legislation regarding those matters.
He said law makers had identified a "gap in the legislation" relating to harassment.
