The banking commission specifically rejected statutory powers for a professional banking body".
He also wanted statutory powers for the government's forensic science regulator, "to ensure and, if necessary, enforce compliance with quality standards".
They contain sweeping, statutory powers for the regulator, Monitor, to enforce competition, on their own account or at the request of private companies.
However, it is not thought the plans will include key measures such as statutory powers for ministers to order universities and colleges to ban extremist speakers, which have been fiercely opposed by the Liberal Democrats.
Even where statutory powers of control exist, they have usually been kept in reserve.
(We note that some of these interventions may fall outside current statutory powers of Australian Commissioners).
Under the section, the Minister had power to direct that a complaint be considered by the Committee of Investigation but he refused to exercise the statutory power and provided no reasons for his refusal.
A public authority may have satisfied all the factual and legal conditions required for exercising a statutory power conferred upon it, but nevertheless may have acted illegally by doing so in a manner contrary to administrative law rules.
In cases falling under the second sub-heading, a public authority has satisfied all the factual and legal conditions required for exercising a statutory power conferred upon it, but nevertheless may have acted illegally by doing so in a manner contrary to administrative law rules.
To make up for the lack of statutory power, Shaub often tried to persuade officials to take stronger actions.
