"advisory powers" is a correct and useable phrase in written English.
It refers to the authority given to a person or group to provide advice or recommendations on a particular matter, but without any decision-making power. Example: The committee has been granted advisory powers to review the company's financial statements and make recommendations for improving its financial stability.
For a start, the council supposedly has only advisory powers.
Soon after the formation of the board, which had only advisory powers, the strike ended.
The board, which has only advisory powers, recommended revising the instructions for all pressurized planes, including airliners.
Because of political compromises that forged the charter school law, the Regents cannot block a SUNY-approved school from opening, but they have do have advisory powers.
Ellen G. Engleman, who was sworn in as chairwoman on March 24, said the board, which has only advisory powers, would be more aggressive in urging safety changes before state legislatures and other policy-making bodies.
Consumer groups complain that the body will have mainly advisory powers.See article: Should farmers plant GM crops?Britain's home secretary said that Augusto Pinochet, Chile's former dictator, had been found unfit for trial (on charges of torture) by a team of British doctors and that he was "minded" to have him sent back to Chile, probably within a week.
When it comes to the use of these parks, the wishes of the Parks Department often trump those of the community board, which has only advisory power in such matters.
The 150-member Consultative Council, known as the Shura Council, is also appointed and has only advisory power.
There have been similar steps before – the Labour government gave shareholders advisory voting power on remuneration – but very few compensation packages have ever been challenged, let alone voted down.
Although he has not publicly hinted of any willingness to compromise, Mr. Bloomberg may privately be considering the prospect of an expanded board whose role is only advisory, or whose powers are at least sharply scaled back.
The agreement, allowed under Public Act 4, would include a deficit elimination plan and grant the mayor and a proposed financial advisory board broader powers to carry out such a plan.
