"impose regulation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You would typically use it when discussing a government or other entity introducing rules and laws about a particular subject. For example: The government imposed new regulation on businesses in the city to increase safety standards.
If regulation doesn't produce a better outcome than with market discipline, why impose regulation?
One draft of that clause will impose regulation on "online content sharing service providers", requiring them to work harder to prevent copyright infringement on their sites.
The House bill passed last month would consolidate oversight, require stronger capital cushions for the largest banks and impose regulation of some derivatives.
5.17pm BST Back to the statement, Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Conservative, asks if there is any precedent for a government using a royal charter to impose regulation on an industry that does not want it.
To do that, he would give regulators wide discretion to get information on how hedge funds and other institutions are operating, with the ability to impose regulation if they start to act too much like a bank.
But after doubts were raised over some JustGiving pages launched in the aftermath of the Westminster attack, government ministers have been urged to impose regulation – or face a growing risk of unscrupulous fraudsters taking advantage of tragedy.
A Kerry administration "would ask Congress to legislate standards and to direct the Federal Trade Commission and bank regulators to impose regulations consistent with those standards," Mr. Sperling said.
And in addition to regulating previously unregulated investment instruments, Washington must impose regulations on equally unregulated hedge funds.
However, there appears little appetite in Congress to impose regulations on Silicon Valley, and instead, companies like Facebook are allowed to self-regulate.
Moreover, many departments impose regulations that have costs for businesses but benefits for individuals.
California, Florida and Texas have been considering legislation that would impose regulations on drop-off stores.
