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enabling act

noun

C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A statute that confers power on a body to make delegated legislation or take specified action.

The scope of the regulations is limited by the terms of the enabling Act.

Similar: parent Act

Topic: Constitutional & public in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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