The phrase "authorities are given" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the powers or permissions that are granted to authorities or governing bodies.
Example: "In this situation, authorities are given the responsibility to enforce the new regulations."
Alternatives: "authorities are granted" or "authorities receive".
They envision, instead, a government in which religious authorities are given a formal role as advisers or consultants to the justice system, a system more in line with the mainstream school of Shiite political thinking in Iraq.
Voucher numbers, collection details and taxonomic authorities are given in the Additional file 2: Table S1; further information on the populations can be retrieved from the publicly accessible database of the BALKBIODIV project at http://www.uibk.ac.at/botany/balkbiodiv/?Sampling_sites.
The Belgian health system provides a bonus if a certain number of patients in a facility perform self-care or home haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis or transplantation, 34 while in New Zealand, regional authorities are given overall budgets for renal services, effectively encouraging home therapies through the incentive for providers to lower overall costs of care.
Meanwhile the authorities are giving a very good impression of chasing their own tail.
Messrs Mishkin and Posen point out that by adopting an inflation target, monetary authorities are giving a clear commitment that can be readily grasped by the public.
Environmental authorities are giving these much-maligned birds a PR makeover, kitting them out with GoPro video cameras and GPS trackers, and giving them a new mission in the fight against fly-tipping and illegal dumping.
Now, two Labour-led Scottish local authorities are giving real consideration to the idea.
Even more troubling, due to the dairy industry's deep pockets and political connections, federal authorities are giving these foods a stamp of approval, rather than raising a nutritional red flag.
If the Tg is raised, some authorities are giving I therapy in the absence of proof of iodine uptake.
The authorities were given two weeks to respond.
Local authorities were given permission to impose curfews if necessary.
