The phrase "a statutory obligation" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a legal duty or requirement imposed by law.
Example: "The company has a statutory obligation to provide a safe working environment for its employees."
Alternatives: "a legal requirement" or "a mandated duty."
Monitor will take over as economic regulator, and there will be a statutory obligation on it to promote competition (HSCA, s 62 (3)), and it will be obliged to carry out anti competitive regulatory functions in conjunction with the Office of Fair Trading under the Competition Act 1998 (HSCA s 72).
It should be a statutory obligation.
And local authorities have a statutory obligation to accept and collect all household fridges and freezers.
Furthermore, Mr. Di Gennaro noted that the Teatro had a statutory obligation to promote Spanish artists and the country's repertory.
"The MPS is not aware or been made aware of any breach of a statutory obligation regarding informing the IPCC.
"We would like to see a statutory obligation on agencies to provide this to interrupt cycle early".
BBC Wales' arts correspondent Huw Thomas writes: The amount of money that councils spend on the arts and culture is a relatively small proportion of the overall pot, but these services are often funded without any statutory obligation by the local authorities.
In 1986, a pair of Ronald Reagan's judicial appointees on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Robert Bork and Antonin Scalia, ruled that the Fairness Doctrine was not "a binding statutory obligation".
Merrick Denton-Thompson, president of the Landscape Institute, said: "To secure their future we need to decide whether a new statutory obligation is placed on local government to create or manage urban parks.
The chancellor's announcement that the government would accept the recommendations of the Hutton review of public sector pensions, including a rise in pension contribution rates of 3% for public sector workers, was expected and he reiterated plans to introduce a new statutory obligation on local authorities and public bodies to co-operate over planning.
"The public importance naturally accorded to a university's statutory obligation to maintain freedom of speech and academic freedom would be accorded very significant weight by any court considering an application for a mandatory order under the [Counter-terrorism and Security] Act," he said.
