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Discover LudwigThe phrase "heavy legislation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe laws or regulations that are strict, burdensome, or extensive in nature.
Example: "The government has introduced heavy legislation to combat climate change, imposing strict penalties on polluters."
Alternatives: "stringent regulations" or "strict laws".
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The policy maker has some influence due to active involvement in the market with (heavy) legislation.
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"Likewise the whole area of research into de-identification research, such as that undertaken by the CSIRO, could be jeopardised through heavy-handed legislation".
We have done it without heavy-handed legislation".
Many in Silicon Valley are concerned that heavy-handed legislation could do more harm than good in the long run and clip the wings of innovative thinking.
We're still dangerously close to another "crypto-war" (that's "crypto" for cryptography) that could result in heavy-handed legislation or a legal precedent.
Rather than going for heavy-handed legislation or rule-making, the government approached companies involved in shipping and brainstormed with them to develop a largely voluntary, self-regulating system of securing the supply chain.
According to NSW Greens MLC David Shoebridge, there are two forces behind this heavy-handed legislation.
It is that competitive market which will ensure that consumers are protected, not heavy-handed legislation which might stunt e-commerce and leave others around the world to reap the benefits of a revolution in our economy which is unparalleled since the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century.
Even the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust's report http://www.jrrt.org.uk/ accusing the prime minister and his home secretary of pursuing and exploiting politics of fear, seemed to fail to make any impact on the heavy-handed, legislation-backed, security- and intelligence-fuelled method that the government appears hell-bent on pursuing.
There is only one coracle maker and six pairs of fishermen on the River Towy, the main coracle fishing river in Wales, but it seems the final nail will be hammered into the coffin with the heavy hand of legislation.
Your base is eroding as you focus all of your communication channels on a VERY heavy piece of legislation.
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