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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an statutory" is not correct in written English.
The correct article to use before "statutory" is "a" because "statutory" begins with a consonant sound.
Example: "The company must comply with a statutory requirement to ensure safety standards."
Alternatives: "a legal" or "a regulatory".
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Statutory nursing dependency is given when a patient receives services from a statutory nursing insurance fund, a parallel agency to the statutory health services insurance scheme.
"Now that could be changed by a statutory instrument (a piece of secondary legislation).
The government held a consultation on a statutory register of lobbyists, which concluded in April 2012.
Also, the law requires that you file a claim within a statutory period.
It did not invariably follow that when a statutory body makes a decision it is exercising a statutory power.
The Information Commission - a statutory regulator – has a £20m budget.
Help for pub landlords including a statutory code and a body to adjudicate disputes.
The designation is not a statutory requirement, but a regulatory initiative….
2. Congress should enact a statutory definition of a "specially designated terrorist".
But a statutory public notice detailing an 18 month closure will be published this week.
A statutory writ issued by a Government Authority.
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