The phrase "a foreign authority" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an organization or government entity from another country that has power or control over a specific matter.
Example: "The company must comply with regulations set forth by a foreign authority to operate in that market."
Alternatives: "an overseas authority" or "a non-domestic authority".
"If a foreign authority wants to question someone held in the Forest Prison then they have to make a special request and we have to ensure that a Belgian officer is present," said Ms Pellens.
What excites more people is the fact of a world record, especially one certified by a foreign authority, Guinness, or by a local one, such as the Limca Book of Records.
On the other hand, they were also refugees, and deeply suspicious of any foreign authority".
Adding a dash of foreign authority, glamour and fuel to this unbridled bigotry is the lavatorial "scholarship" of frustrated European converts to Hinduism such as François Gautier and Koenraad Elst.
In dissenting opinions in the sodomy and juvenile-death-penalty cases, Justice Antonin Scalia, who was joined on both occasions by Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Clarence Thomas, condemned any reference to foreign authority by the Supreme Court.
Finally in 1534 the Acts of Supremacy made Henry "supreme head in earth of the Church of England" and disregarded any "usage, custom, foreign laws, foreign authority [or] prescription".
In theory — even if it's the National Security Agency eavesdropping on a foreign call — authorities need to obtain warrants before listening in on phone conversations.
In a number of jurisdictions including Switzerland, Luxembourg and Singapore not paying taxes owed to foreign authorities is not a crime.
Dominica's legislature has passed an anti-money-laundering law that permits foreign authorities to investigate offshore banks, a step the Caribbean island hopes will remove it from an international blacklist.
However, providing client data to foreign authorities would itself constitute a criminal offence under Swiss law.
The DVLA is obliged to release information to anyone in the UK who has a reasonable cause to need it, so foreign authorities have simply hired UK companies to chase fines on their behalf.
