The phrase "authority shifted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a change in power or control from one entity to another.
Example: "In recent years, authority shifted from traditional leaders to grassroots organizations, empowering local communities."
Alternatives: "power transitioned" or "control moved".
Authority shifted, in effect, from parole boards to the legislature and prosecutors.
"The Palestinian Authority shifted its attitude from sharing in the intifada to cooperating with the Israelis against their own people".
In 1967, the authority shifted its responsibility for building housing to the Housing and Development Administration, but it kept its responsibility for overseeing its many apartments.
The landlord has countersued, claiming that the price to renovate the building soared after the authority shifted some of its own responsibility to build the interior spaces onto his contractors, who are upgrading the building's infrastructure.
One person close to the campaign said the poor handling of the matter was due in part to the natural growth of the campaign team and the natural tensions that resulted as the lines of authority shifted.
Whereas our study was originally designed to examine the effects of an experimental lethal-control program on inclination to poach, oscillating wolf-management authority shifted our focus from a single intervention to a suite of changes in policy and management.
But more so than men, however, women find that their wardrobe choices are often calibrated by cultural expectations: modesty, authority, shifting ideals of femininity.
A decision making algorithm for the control authority shifting between the driver and the electronic copilot is implemented and the trade-off between the accuracy of lane following and ratio of system interference is investigated.
However, how expertise and authority "shift" during crisis is not something that the literature so far has not focused on.
But Chinese authorities shifted priorities, organizing their own testing to weed out cheaters and creating real penalties.
After the Barclays case, authorities shifted to UBS, given the scope of the evidence and the bank's past brushes with authorities, according to officials.
