The phrase "powers and functions" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the authority a person or entity holds to do certain things. For example, "The State Legislature defines the executive branch's powers and functions."
Does the president intend to take back some of his powers and functions?
As a result the English are not to be permitted powers and functions enjoyed by democratic communities across Europe.
Any future proposals for elected regional assemblies will need to offer a stronger set of powers and functions.
The proposal to allow for the delegation of this wide range of powers and functions has not been fully debated in parliament.
The League was formally disbanded on April 19 , 1946 its powers and functions had been transferred to the nascent United Nations.
No date was set for creating an interim authority, and no details about its powers and functions were discussed in the meeting, the Iraqis said.
So if power and functions over HE policy are to be centralised, there will need to be a quantum shift in the levels of engagement between universities and government – both ways - and a wholly new compact will need to emerge.
But industry analysts say that the emergence of the new machines could threaten titans like Microsoft and Intel, or even H.P. and Dell, because they built their companies on the notion that consumers want more power and functions, not less.
The most serious disputes are over three issues: the power and functions of a new Northern Ireland Assembly; the authority and function of a new cross-border North-South Council, and the Irish constitutional claim to sovereignty in Northern Ireland.
To exercise such other incidental powers as are necessary to carry out the powers, duties, and functions of the Corporation in accordance with this subchapter.
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