The phrase "authorized capacity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to the official or legal limits of someone's role or function within an organization or system.
Example: "The contractor was acting in an authorized capacity when signing the agreement on behalf of the company."
Alternatives: "official capacity" or "designated role".
The Health Department authorized "surge-capacity plans" that allow hospitals to accept patients beyond their normal capacity in a disaster, if necessary converting nonclinical space like conference rooms and auditoriums into dorm-style wards.
Carroll began to act in the capacity authorized by the proprietor's commission, and Hart turned to the upper house of the colonial legislature for relief.
In this capacity, he was authorized to issue "credible" charters.
Various individual traits and capacities have become "authorized" by a select few cultural and/or religious iconic institutions.
But Ms. Rubalcava wrote that based on an internal investigation "none of B.A.C.R.'s contracts with S.F.U.S.D. authorized B.A.C.R. to act in this capacity".
"The Trump admin[istration] may uniquely overvalue the military compared to diplomatic and other resources," one Democratic congressional staffer with knowledge of the Armed Services Committee, who requested anonymity as he was not authorized to speak in an official capacity, told VICE.
BlackBerry 10 is designed around the Balance concept, that provides essentially two different software environments depending on whether you're logged in and authorized to use a device in a professional capacity or not.
The plan that authorized the translocation program had predicted the carrying capacity would be reached within five to 10 years.
Although the contents of the PSD are yet to be made public, I suspect it will be much like its predecessor PSD-1 which authorized a review of U.S. policy and organizational capacity to address homeland security and counterterrorism.
But Mr. Davis said those numbers would apply only if the government was allowed to increase the repository's capacity far beyond the 70,000 metric tons currently authorized by Congress.
