designated agency

collocation in English

meaningsofdesignateandagency

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designate
adjective[after noun]
uk
/ˈdez.ɪɡ.nət/us
/ˈdez.ɪɡ.nət/
used after the title of a particular official job to refer to someone chosen to do that job, but who has not yet started ...
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agency
noun
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
a business that represents one group of people when dealing with ...
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(Definition ofdesignateandagencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That in turn would not mean that thedesignatedagencycould take no action.
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The order-making power will be subject to the affirmative resolution procedure and will not be delegatable to adesignatedagency.
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The amendment will make some such arrangement a requirement if powers are to be transferred to adesignatedagency.
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My expectation is that almost all the functions which thedesignatedagencyis able to exercise would be transferred.
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When we framed our proposals for adesignatedagencywe wanted to draw on the commitment of practitioners.
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We do not yet know whether it will be desirable to transfer all the transferable functions to thedesignatedagency.
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The power to issue such a certificate would not be transferable to thedesignatedagency.
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But this should not prevent polarisation being instituted by adesignatedagency.
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The rules will have to be equivalent to those of thedesignatedagency.
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If an investor is aggrieved at the result of the self-regulating organisation's investigation, he can refer his complaint to thedesignatedagency.
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A lot of time has been spent on discussing what status thedesignatedagencyshould have.
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That is the section which allows for functions which have been transferred to adesignatedagencyto be resumed in certain circumstances.
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First, functions can be resumed at the request of, or with the consent of, thedesignatedagency.
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It is desirable that there should be genuinely effective and prominent members on thedesignatedagency.
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The functions will be transferable to thedesignatedagencyin the normal way.
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We believe that those arrangements will ensure the proper level of accountability of thedesignatedagency.
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The rules and regulations made by thedesignatedagencyserve two functions.
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Both the amendments impose some constraint on the way in which the board of adesignatedagencyis composed.
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And what relationship will these rules have with rules which adesignatedagencymight have, some of which will no doubt impinge on the conduct of takeovers?
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First, market discipline is reduced directly through the creation of artificial demand for the ratings of designated agencies as investors seek to satisfy regulatory requirements.
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