The word "lax" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used as an adjective to describe a situation or person who is not very strict or rigorous, or who is careless. For example, "The teacher has a lax attitude towards student discipline."
California, where the operation originated, has historically lax enforcement of its marijuana laws, and the laws themselves have become less strict over time.
Mike Hill points to the deliberately lax regulatory regime for future fracking, which will amount to a collection of existing rules spread across a number of bodies.
In Inverie is the Old Forge (01687 462 267, theoldforge.co.uk), a raucous pub known for its fine food and ale – and its lax approach to closing time.
Mr Shaad also criticised the Nigerian government for what he called lax standards in regulating the behaviour of oil companies, which have long stood accused of not cleaning up oil spills and pipeline blowouts.
He is seen by his opponents as being heavily implicated in the lax regulatory environment which helped caused the banking crash.
They observe that this Germany, so ruthless in the imposition of EU rules when it came to austerity, is now lax and unwilling in the pursuit of collective sanctions against Russia.
Only two minutes later Vidal equalised and Inter's heads dropped; by the end they were grateful to some lax finishing from Mauricio Isla for preserving their point.
If they had known more about Tyson's lax preparations, they might have stumped up a few more dollars.
If the underlying cause of the 2008 bank catastrophe was falling incomes alongside rising financial wealth then, says Piketty, these were no accident: no product of lax regulation or simple greed.
Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, welcomed the report last night and increased the pressure on the NHS to improve patient safety by warning that lax procedures were costing lives.
There is lax attention to government regulations.
