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Regulation

Meaning in public administration, with examples

/ˌreɡjuˈleɪʃən/nounCore term

In public administration, regulation means: An official rule made by a government body, usually under the authority of a law; also the general activity of controlling an industry or activity through such rules.

In Turkish: yönetmelik, düzenleme, mevzuat

How it is used

As a countable noun it means a specific rule: the new fire safety regulations. As an uncountable noun it means control in general: financial regulation, too much regulation. Regulations are drafted, adopted, published, amended and enforced.

Example sentences

  1. Under the new regulation, all applications must be submitted online.

  2. The ministry is reviewing the regulations on food labelling.

Common collocations

  • comply with regulations
  • draft regulation
  • under the regulation
  • amend a regulation
  • financial regulation
  • legislationLaws as a group, or a particular law or set of laws, passed by a parliament or another law-making body.
  • regulatorA public body that sets rules for a particular sector, such as energy, banking or telecommunications, and checks that companies follow them.
  • complianceThe state of following the rules, laws, standards or conditions that apply to an organization or activity, and the work of checking that this happens.
  • enforcementThe work of making sure that laws and rules are obeyed, through inspections, warnings, fines, orders or legal action.
  • official gazetteThe government publication in which new laws, regulations, decrees and certain official notices and appointments are formally published, which often makes them legally valid.

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