statutory body
noun[C]
ukusLAW
anorganizationwith theauthoritytocheckthat theactivitiesof abusinessororganizationarelegalandfollowofficialrules:
Wehopethecreationof asinglenewregulatorwillconsolidateregulationof thewholeindustryin onestatutorybody.
TheGeneralMedical Council is thestatutorybodywhichregulatesdoctors.
GOVERNMENT
anorganizationthat has beencreatedby aparliament:
Thecommissionis astatutorybodytocombatdiscriminationagainstdisabledpeople.
A newstatutorybody, the Committee on Climate Change, isexpectedto be made up of eightscientificexpertswho willadvisethegovernmentonstayingwithinitscarbonbudget.