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sunset clause in British English or sunset provision nounmainly US and Canadian a provision of a law that it will automatically be terminated after a fixed period unless it is extended by law Examples of 'sunset clause' in a sentencesunset clause State funding must be transparent and strictly limited under a ten-year 'sunset clause'.There is a sunset clause, so the legislation will 'die' in 2016.Added to that was a ten-year 'sunset clause' that led to the law's abolition.No new review date has been set and there is no sunset clause.We should tack on a 'sunset clause'.There were mutterings yesterday about the sunset clause, which critics fear will result in serious cases being thrown out.But the government is also expected to impose a 'sunset clause' on those powers - setting a time limit for ministers to enact the necessary revisions.The system would be experimental, but that was a factor catered for by its provisions for review and 'sunset' clause.That's why sunset clauses to time-limit dual-class shares or remove them when a founder's holding drops below a certain level are needed.Also, many directives contain sunset clauses, so that some regulations lapse while others may be updated in ways that cut bureaucracy. |