Sentence examples for legislation gap from inspiring English sources

The UK criminal offence of holding a person in slavery or requiring a person to perform forced labour was only passed in 2009, when the legislation gap was exposed by one of my cases, and it soon became the most successful modern criminal legislation geared towards prosecuting and convicting those who enslave.

These led to society-driven initiatives that together with national legislation gaps caused a diversity of building fire safety regulations which were only applicable to the corresponding state.

Overall, and more than 40 years since the original equal pay legislation, the gender gap in pay has fallen to 10.2 per cent this year, down from 12.2 per cent in 2009, and the lowest ever.

Otherwise, Congress would have to pass legislation during that gap if they want to keep protections for DACA recipients in place.

Governor Romney's "binders full of women" remark was his consistent non-response to his position on pending gender wage gap legislation.

Democrats sat cross-legged on the chamber floor, snapped selfies with senators, and accepted kudos from President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for shutting down the US House of Representatives in a sit-in aimed at highlighting inaction on background check and terror gap legislation.

The NRA has opposed bipartisan legislation closing the gap on the grounds that the list is flawed -- some individuals are put on the list by mistake, while many who pose legitimate threats are never added.

Our legislation closes those gaps.

In contrast, Finland, Greece, Israel, Russia and Sweden appear to allow NRC only because their legislation has potential gaps [ 14].

Yet environmental groups say that China's greatest environmental problems arise from a gap between legislation and implementation.

Early legislation to close the gap between revenues and spending is desirable, because changes will be less onerous if they are phased in.