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*Lit petroleum, breaking law (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legislation

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'law' is the definition.
(I know that law can be written as Legislation)

'lit petroleum breaking' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'lit' could be 'on' (eg a light that is switched on) and 'on' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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