The phrase "authority and function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing roles, responsibilities, or the powers associated with a particular position or organization.
Example: "The committee will review the authority and function of each member to ensure clarity in decision-making."
Alternatives: "power and role" or "jurisdiction and purpose."
The most serious disputes are over three issues: the power and functions of a new Northern Ireland Assembly; the authority and function of a new cross-border North-South Council, and the Irish constitutional claim to sovereignty in Northern Ireland.
Moreover, political decentralization involved the transfer of political authority and function from central government ministries to the local government authorities – cities, municipalities, and district councils (26).
It operated under federal authority and functioned as a government facility.
With respect to construction, alteration, or repair work to which the Act of March 3 , 1921 is applicable under the terms of this section, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14, of 1950, and section 3145 of title 40.
His authority and functions perfectly correspond to those belonging, in a Servian zadruga, to the so-called "domachin". Like the domachin, he is assisted in the difficult task of governing the female part of the house community by some aged woman, known by the name of "bolschoucha" (the greatest woman), who is not always his wife.
While the separation of powers doctrine does not bar every exercise of jurisdiction over the President, a court, before exercising jurisdiction, must balance the constitutional weight of the interest to be served against the dangers of intrusion on the authority and functions of the Executive Branch.
The bill would have eliminated the Joint Committee on Printing, distributing its authority and functions among the Senate Rules Committee, the House Oversight Committee, and the administrator of the Government Printing Office.
Organizational reforms entailed decentralization, which involved transfer of power, authority, and functions from the central to local government authorities (23).
Decentralization, which refers to transfer of power, authority and functions from the central to local authorities (1), has been recognized globally as an important means of improving delivery of public goods and services (2).
Nevertheless, they also unanimously felt that it was the physicians who made the important decisions, with the nurses lacking all authority and functioning as subordinate "all-rounders", to quote the exact definition used in the text.
