Criminal stealing oil? Law-making is required (11)

I believe the answer is:

legislation

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'law-making is required' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'criminal stealing oil?' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'stealing'+'oil'='stealingoil'
'stealingoil' anagrammed gives 'LEGISLATION'.

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(Other definitions for legislation that I've seen before include "Statute law" , "Group of laws" , "Enacting of laws" , "Lawmaking" , "Passing of bills" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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