statutory responsibility

collocation in English

meaningsofstatutoryandresponsibility

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statutory
adjective
uk
/ˈstætʃ.ə.tər.i/us
/ˈstætʃ.ə.tɔːr.i/
decided or controlled ...
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responsibility
noun
uk
/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/rɪˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
something that it is your job or duty to ...
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(Definition ofstatutoryandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstatutory responsibility

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These are the most effective means of assisting occupiers to fulfil theirstatutoryresponsibilityfor controlling rabbits on their land.
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Statutoryresponsibilityfor the provision of fire services rests locally with the fire authority.
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There is a need for local authorities to get backstatutoryresponsibilityfor sports and leisure in this country.
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The issue of carriers' licences is wholly within thestatutoryresponsibilityof licensing authorities.
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They have thestatutoryresponsibilityto look after the homeless.
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Local authorities have thestatutoryresponsibilityfor assessing the housing needs of their area.
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Statutoryresponsibilityfor the provision of residential care rests with local authorities.
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Because they do not have astatutoryresponsibilityto educate the under-fives, they are doing so under enormous difficulties.
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Prison medical officers havestatutoryresponsibilityfor all aspects of the health care of prisoners.
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The arts should be encouraged at local authority level by making the arts, for the first time ever, astatutoryresponsibilityof local authorities.
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However, they have nostatutoryresponsibilityfor the conservation of the wider marine environment.
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The industry has astatutoryresponsibilityto provide efficient and economical supplies of electricity.
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The operators of nuclear power stations have astatutoryresponsibilityfor the safety of their plant.
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Thisstatutoryresponsibilitydoes not extend to private schools which are responsible for securing their own health services for their pupils.
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Local authorities have nostatutoryresponsibilityto house the young single homeless unless they are considered to be at some special risk.
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I return to the school'sstatutoryresponsibilityto prepare the child for adult life.
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I will expect police authorities to build on their existingstatutoryresponsibilityto consult local people in setting the local policing agenda.
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Local authorities have astatutoryresponsibilityfor deciding whether a private water supply is satisfactory.
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Is he not also aware — surely he is — that they now have astatutoryresponsibilityto consult in their areas before setting that budget?
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Thestatutoryresponsibilityfor regulating registered social landlords rests with the corporation.
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