The phrase "authority stopped" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate that a person or organization with power or control has ceased to act or intervene.
Example: "The project was progressing well until the authority stopped all funding, leaving us in a difficult position."
Alternatives: "power ceased" or "control halted".
But the authority stopped using it three years ago to concentrate more on actual ferry operations.
Earlier this year, the Jersey City housing authority stopped renewing leases at the 549-unit Montgomery Street complex.
Israel's broadcasting authority stopped B'Tselem, a human-rights group, from placing an advertisement calling for the names of Palestinian children killed in the attacks to be broadcast.
In 2010, just a few months into the coalition government, her local authority stopped her visit from a care worker who helped her get ready for bed.
The decision to release the money was made at a meeting of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior cabinet ministers "after the Palestinian Authority stopped taking unilateral moves," according to a message from Mr. Netanyahu's office sent to journalists.
It is time governments reasserted their authority – stopped countries being run by the unelected heads of unaccountable corporations for their individual profit, and began to organise the countries of Europe for the benefit of all its citizens.
Yesterday, the authorities stopped intervening; today, they relaxed capital controls.
Authorities stopped the dig in Oakland Township after a few hours on the third day.
Last April, Mexican authorities stopped a Chinese man at the Mexico City International Airport with 355 totoaba swim bladders.
The authorities stopped the group at Los Angeles International Airport, and the two adults were sent to Thailand.
My son, Awais, went to visit his brother but the authorities stopped him.
