Sentence examples for legislative loophole from inspiring English sources

This creates a legislative loophole.

(He was turned down; and a legislative loophole that had made him eligible despite having not yet served half his sentence was subsequently closed).

At the time the controversy came to light, then environment minister, Garry Higgins, who is now the leader of the opposition, revealed another legislative loophole meant there was no minister responsible for signing off on "port developments".

Police did not notify the CNS of Maher being in custody, Scullion said, because of a "legislative loophole" excluding people held in protective custody, which is now being challenged.

The spokesman said a legislative loophole had been fixed to clarify that if a private infrastructure facility began to take third-party customers it would trigger regulations required for commercial ports, although conceded these related to operational matters, not environmental.

The mayor said he would vote to restore a limit of two terms, down from three, and to ban the City Council from rewriting the rule for sitting elected officials, closing a legislative loophole that Mr. Bloomberg exploited in his quest to remain in office beyond eight years.

Repressive laws, both old and new, are being selectively applied to maximise jail sentences through various legislative loopholes.

So now you won't have to pay through the nose to binge-watch the next season of House of Cards -- unless, of course, legislative loopholes are added during the sausage-making process, a la... House of Cards.

In the early 1990 s, exploiting the legislative loopholes in the immediate post-transition period, transnational tobacco companies rapidly expanded their markets into Eastern Europe [ 27].

The outgoing government left legislative and regulatory loopholes to be abused by unscrupulous officials, he says.

Campaigners say that a simple €25 (£22) filter could drastically cut the pollution, but the Guardian has learned that car-makers have instead mounted a successful push for loopholes and legislative delay.