enforcement authority

collocation in English

meaningsofenforcementandauthority

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enforcement
noun[U]
uk
/ɪnˈfɔːs.mənt/us
/ɪnˈfɔːrs.mənt/
the process of making people obey a law or rule, or making a particular situation happen or ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofenforcementandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofenforcement authority

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On a global level, this is most likely to require a global decisionmaking body withenforcementauthority.
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However, when it comes to applying international agreements, it has no genuineenforcementauthority.
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How is this agreement to be kept in the absence of an externalenforcementauthority?
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However, the ultimate lawenforcementauthorityin this country has to decide whether a prosecution is in the public interest.
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In addition, the illegally-imported animal may be destroyed at the discretion of theenforcementauthority.
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This clause seeks to enable the agency to monitor the work of theenforcementauthorityand to have access to such a laboratory.
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In short, the commission will be anenforcementauthoritybut not a prosecuting authority.
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It is impossible to foresee at this stage just who the most appropriateenforcementauthorityshould be.
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If the news reached theenforcementauthorityfirst, it would get in touch with the undertakers immediately—it would be almost a reflex action.
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Clause 20 (8) makes provision for defining who is to be theenforcementauthorityin respect of any particular duty or requirement.
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Theenforcementauthoritywould have no means of discovering whether an offence had been committed.
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In other words, one must be theenforcementauthority; the task cannot be shared.
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Noenforcementauthoritycan be right all the time about the law; nor, for that matter, can the magistrates in courts.
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Most successful appeals and appeals that were not pursued by theenforcementauthorityshould have been rejected at the informal representations stage.
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Who is to decide whether theenforcementauthoritydid or did not have reasonable grounds for exercising the power?
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What they are trying to say, therefore, is that theenforcementauthoritywill be responsible for enforcement in its relevant area.
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If food is not condemned, then theenforcementauthoritywill have to pay compensation equal to any consequent loss in the value of the food.
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Before exercising that power, the court must give theenforcementauthorityand the interim receiver the right to be heard.
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The person against whom proceedings may be brought is immediately the subject of the obligations imposed on theenforcementauthorityby clause 252(2)(a).
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The incident is under investigation by theenforcementauthorityand it would be inappropriate to comment further.
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