"A regulation is a legal norm intended to shape conduct that is a byproduct of imperfection. A regulation may be used to prescribe or proscribe conduct (\"command-and-control\" regulation), to calibrate incentives (\"incentive\" regulation), or to change preferences (\"preferences shaping\" regulation\"). In statist mechanisms it can also be extended to monitoring and enforcement of rules as established by primary and/or delegated legislation."@en .