"statutory authority" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-statutory authority.ogg Forms: statutory authorities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} statutory authority (plural statutory authorities)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, law) A body set up by law which is authorised to enforce legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Categories (topical): Law, Collectives Translations (body set up by law which is authorised to enforce legislation): 法定機構 (Chinese Mandarin), 法定机构 (fǎdìng jīgòu) (Chinese Mandarin), toimeenpaneva viranomainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-statutory_authority-en-noun-vliFXDUa Disambiguation of Collectives: 67 25 8 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 32 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 20 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 30 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 32 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 61 21 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 64 19 17 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'body set up by law which is authorised to enforce legislation': 88 6 6
  2. (US, law) Legislation authorizing the existence and activity of a government agency. Tags: US Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-statutory_authority-en-noun-J4l03DF5 Categories (other): American English Topics: law
  3. (US, law) The powers assigned to a government agency by legislation. Tags: US Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-statutory_authority-en-noun-JAZg-KSl Categories (other): American English Topics: law

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