The phrase "autonomous authority" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an entity or organization that has the power to govern itself or make decisions independently.
Example: "The autonomous authority was established to oversee the region's environmental policies without external interference."
Alternatives: "self-governing body" or "independent authority".
(Blackwell's ordination in a Congregational church rested on the autonomous authority of a single congregation).
Officials are considering turning the office into an autonomous authority that will raise private as well as public funds.
But the irascible Stern is still the person holding nearly autonomous authority, and the brazen nature of sending the players home was clearly too much for him.
The local commanders in the Northern Alliance negotiate with Rabbani's government for funds for their troops, but they have a great deal of autonomous authority in their districts.
That same year the PA assumed control of many civil functions, and its autonomous authority was extended to six other cities in 1995.
The Dalai Lama said in an interview last week that migration by ethnic Han Chinese to the Tibetan plateau was one of the main threats to the future of Tibet, and he contended that the government in Beijing should allow a regional autonomous authority run by Tibetans to limit future migration as well as make policy on education, language and use of natural resources.
Constant struggles weakened all parties, and the numerous autonomous authorities held civil government in such check that it became immobilized and unable to make important decisions.
Not really, he assured me, as most had already worked under Crimea's own autonomous authorities.
Each tribal group had semi-autonomous authority to manage their own local affairs.
The biggest questions today concern whether, in a country and region marked by official corruption, the canal authority, an autonomous agency of the Panamanian government, can handle such an undertaking.
The House of Representives passed, H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which includes provisions that would make NNSA a more autonomous agency, taking important authority away from DOE, and severely undermining nuclear security and safety.
