statutory body
noun[C]
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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.
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