The phrase "authority complied" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where an authority figure or organization has followed or adhered to a request, rule, or directive.
Example: "After reviewing the proposal, the authority complied with the necessary regulations to ensure the project could proceed."
Alternatives: "the authority acquiesced" or "the authority adhered".
The authorities complied, and the men disappeared.
He said this was a problem for himself as a watchdog, as his role was to inspect how the police and other public authorities complied with the law, including codes of practice.
In June 2002, when Jiang Zemin visited Iceland, Icelandic authorities complied with requests from the Chinese government to deny entry to Falun Gong practitioners who sought to enter the country to protest.
When the Lufthansa airplane was seized by sympathisers of Black September during the Beirut-Ankara part of a multi-stopover flight from Damascus to Frankfurt, the West German authorities complied with the demand of having the prisoners released.
The money is designed to help local authorities comply with their new responsibilities set out in the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
The data exchange deal should be suspended unless the US complies with it by 1 September 2018, say MEPs, adding that the deal should remain suspended until the US authorities comply with its terms in full.
It includes general obligations that the Israelis now say will be met if the Palestinian Authority complies with the new, specific demands.
And so the court ruled that the authority had complied with the letter of that law.
The Secretary may reimburse a State or public authority under subsection (b) with respect to a project funded by an eligible debt financing instrument after the State or public authority has complied with this title with respect to the project to the extent and in the manner that would be required if payment were to be made under section 121.
All experimental procedures were approved by the section for comparative medicine at Oslo University Hospital and the Norwegian animal research authority, and complied with national laws, institutional regulations and EU Directive 86/609/EEC governing the use of animals in research.
