The phrase "authorities passed" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to convey that authorities have approved or enacted something, but it is incomplete without additional context.
Example: "The authorities passed a new law to improve public safety."
Alternatives: "authorities enacted" or "authorities approved".
The authorities passed out boxes of donated clothes to the other refugees.
Legislation preventing councils becoming unitary authorities passed by the government should be repealed, he says.
Ukraine's public protests began peacefully but demonstrations took a more radical turn when authorities passed a harsh anti-protest law clamping down on rights of assembly and movement.
French tax authorities passed leaked Swiss data containing 6,000 British names to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in May 2010.
A.I.G. was never aware of this, never authorized a payment to anybody, and it never progressed beyond the fact that Leading Authorities passed on a list of names".
Demonstrations took a more radical turn this month, when authorities passed a harsh anti-protest law clamping down on basic rights of assembly and movement aimed at curbing dissent.
Look no further than the beleaguered local authorities passing on swingeing central government cuts.
His Swiss banker met him in London, writing: "He thought that the chances of the UK tax authorities passing on information on him to the Italian tax authorities, if and when he returned to Italy, were slim".
Eric Pickles has said he is considering using the law to prevent local authorities passing on "disproportionate" cuts to charities.
When he died in 1935, authority passed to Iphigene Ochs's husband, Arthur Hays Sulzberger.
He has been left isolated in his coaching role, with so much authority passed to Kinnear.
