The phrase "a transfer of authority" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where power, control, or decision-making responsibilities are being delegated or reassigned from one person or group to another.
Example: "The board approved a transfer of authority to the new manager, allowing her to make key decisions for the project."
Alternatives: "delegation of power" or "reassignment of authority."
1. Upon the entry into force of this Declaration of Principles and withdrawal from the Gaza and Jericho area, a transfer of authority from Israeli military government and its Civil Administration to the authorized Palestinians for this task, as detailed herein, will commence.
"There's a transfer of authority and expertise".
The official said there were no clear indications the North was stepping up preparations for a transfer of authority.
The United States military will continue indefinitely to operate a section of the Parwan complex holding foreign combatants, even as the two countries mark a transfer of authority.
Accepting the legitimacy of the movement's values, the traditional associations in the society incorporate them into their own values and implement them without a transfer of authority to the movement.
The Israelis' goal is to solidify their hold on what they call Greater Jerusalem even as they negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization on a transfer of authority to Palestinians in the territories.
Mr. Ashcroft was the most senior American official to address the annual World Economic Forum as Washington seeks to swing international opinion behind its vision of a transfer of political authority in Iraq.
"You cannot do it proceeding as we are today with a stiff arm to the international community, with a half-hearted sort of open door, without a legitimate transfer of authority, without a recognition that you've made some mistakes, without the inclusion in the reconstruction".
"There would be a rolling transfer of authority," a second senior official said.
"The more important part of Karzai's legacy will be the successful achievement of a political transfer of authority to a new president," said the US ambassador to Afghanistan, James Cunningham, adding that it will be both an achievement and indicator of the country's future.
They proposed a quick transfer of authority to an Iraqi provisional government, which would then lead the process of democratic change.
