"substantial discretion" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a lot of freedom someone or something has in making certain decisions. For example, "The project manager was given substantial discretion in determining how the budget should be spent."
Analysts have substantial discretion in choosing which recommendation to issue.
The new contract gives the board substantial discretion to set Mr. Grasso's annual bonus.
Federal officials have substantial discretion in deciding how to measure the value of drug benefits.
Ms. Sebelius emphasized that states already had substantial discretion to alter benefits and establish or increase co-payments.
Even after the Supreme Court lays down controlling doctrines in these areas, district and appellate courts retain substantial discretion to resolve the ordinary disputes that come before them.
Of those who failed the test, about a third were promoted anyway, indicating that once again, substantial discretion was used in making promotion decisions.
"Public servants with substantial policy discretion include, but are not limited to, agency heads, deputy agency heads, assistant agency heads and public servants in charge of any major office, division, bureau or unit of an agency," according to the city.
The board noted that it is generally illegal for high-ranking appointed city officials to make these solicitations and that Ms. Keaney "acknowledged that she violated the city's conflicts of interest law, which prohibits an individual with substantial policy discretion, such as she was at the time," from seeking donations for a city elected official or candidate for office.
Broader steps to make the system not reliant on parental discretion – introducing real online ID checking – would be wide-ranging, have substantial consequences, and face vehement opposition from civil liberties campaigners.
It violates the 1946 Administrative Powers Act against arbitrary or capricious actions or the abuse of executive discretion, especially when unsupported by substantial evidence of the need for action.
We focused on three types of decisions where there are substantial grey areas and where the scope for discretion is known to be wide: - The prescription of reimbursed drugs - The referral of patients to secondary care - The issuing of sickness certificates The physicians then discussed how they perceived that different factors influence their professional discretion.
