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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are not statutory" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate that something is not established or required by law.
Example: "The guidelines provided by the organization are not statutory, meaning they are recommendations rather than legal obligations."
Alternatives: "are not legally binding" or "are not mandated by law".
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Although these days are not statutory public holidays, their observance is no longer limited to banks.
Because school libraries are not statutory, not all schools have a library.
We have multi-agency guidelines that are not statutory and very little is practically being done at local level.
Bank holidays were first introduced in 1871, but, despite what many of us believe, they are not statutory days off for all workers.
Youth services are not statutory – councils don't have to provide any – so they have been the hardest hit as local authorities struggle to cover basic care for frail old people and at-risk children.
"Things such as health promotion are not statutory requirements, so they're the thing that may give in order to meet the statutory requirements of this new bill.
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She insisted: "This is not statutory underpinning.
This is not statutory regulation of the press, he says.
Calmer heads in the press realised this was not statutory control of the press.
The prime minister said on Monday: "It's not statutory underpinning.
The legislation based on my bill is not statutory and cannot be reasonably interpreted as forcing anyone to do anything.
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