regulatory authority

A regulatory authority is an official body empowered by law to create, implement, and enforce rules and standards within a specific domain to protect public interests and ensure compliance.

Aliases (39)

• regulatory agency ×19
• regulatory body ×12
• communications regulator ×3
• competition authority ×3
• statutory authority ×3
• attorney disciplinary authority ×2
• health and social care regulator ×2
• regulatory enforcement office ×2
• regulatory oversight body ×2
• Federal Reserve Board regulation ×1
• Federal Reserve regulation ×1
• banking regulatory committee ×1
• building regulatory authority ×1
• business licensing authority ×1
• censorship authority ×1
• competition regulator ×1
• corporate regulator ×1
• derivatives market regulator ×1
• drug regulatory authority component ×1
• economic regulatory authority ×1
• energy regulator ×1
• energy regulatory authority ×1
• environmental regulatory agency ×1
• environmental regulatory body ×1
• food safety authority ×1
• forensic science regulator ×1
• health insurance regulator ×1
• healthcare regulator ×1
• insurance supervisory authority ×1
• medical regulatory body ×1
• mining regulatory authority ×1
• national regulatory authority ×1
• nuclear regulatory and advisory authority ×1
• patent authority role ×1
• provincial regulatory authority ×1
• regulator ×1
• regulatory office ×1
• statutory regulator ×1
• strategic authority ×1

Instances (90)

• UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Division of Air Resources ("environmental regulatory body")
• DEA Office of Diversion Control ("regulatory office")
• Food and Drug Administration ("regulatory agency")
• Postal Regulatory Commission ("regulatory agency")
• U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("derivatives market regulator")
• Federal Communications Commission ("communications regulator")
• Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority ("statutory authority")
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("regulatory agency")
• Greater London Authority ("strategic authority")
• Regulation T ("Federal Reserve Board regulation")
• Food Safety and Inspection Service ("food safety authority")
• Teaching Regulation Agency ("regulatory body")
• Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations ("regulatory oversight body")
• National Energy Commission of Chile ("energy regulator")
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ("regulatory agency")
• Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels of Chile
• Office of Rail and Road ("competition authority")
• Committee for Advanced Therapies ("regulatory body")
• Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("regulatory body")
• Japan Fair Trade Commission ("competition authority")
• Care Quality Commission ("health and social care regulator")
• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
• Regulator of Social Housing
• Architects Registration Board (sponsorship) ("statutory regulator")
• Human Tissue Authority
• Marine Management Organisation ("regulatory agency")
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• NHS Improvement ("healthcare regulator")
• District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs ("regulatory agency")
• Insurance Commissioner of California
• New York City Department of Buildings ("building regulatory authority")
• New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission ("regulatory agency")
• Washington State Water Pollution Control Commission ("environmental regulatory agency")
• GMC ("medical regulatory body")
• Propaganda Department ("censorship authority")
• Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority ("health and social care regulator")
• University Grants Commission ("regulatory agency")
• Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority ("mining regulatory authority")
• Directorate-General for Competition ("competition authority")
• Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists ("regulatory body")
• Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection ("regulatory agency")
• Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs ("regulatory oversight body")
• ATF ("regulatory agency")
• All India Council for Technical Education ("national regulatory authority")
• UGC ("regulatory agency")
• Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance ("regulatory enforcement office")
• Reg D ("Federal Reserve regulation")
• Office of Enforcement ("regulatory enforcement office")
• Boston Landmarks Commission ("regulatory body")
• Washington State Bar ("regulatory body")
• Federal Trade Commission ("competition regulator")
• UAE Supreme Petroleum Council ("energy regulatory authority")
• Civil Aviation Administration of China
• Division of Mineral Resources ("regulatory agency")
• Division of Environmental Permits ("regulatory body")
• Ofcom ("communications regulator")
• Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom ("communications regulator")
• Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ("attorney disciplinary authority")
• British Horseracing Authority
• Northern Lighthouse Board (lighthouse and some land) ("statutory authority")
• National Companies and Securities Commission ("corporate regulator")
• Ontario Securities Commission ("provincial regulatory authority")
• California Fish and Game Commission (in regulatory implementation) ("regulatory agency")
• International Searching Authority ("patent authority role")
• Reich Price Commissioner ("economic regulatory authority")
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("regulatory agency")
• IVASS ("insurance supervisory authority")
• Center for Drug Evaluation and Research ("drug regulatory authority component")
• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition ("regulatory body")
• Center for Veterinary Medicine ("regulatory agency")
• Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research ("regulatory agency")
• Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight ("health insurance regulator")
• Public Authority for Civil Aviation of Oman
• State Bar of California (discipline and admission) ("attorney disciplinary authority")
• San Francisco Entertainment Commission ("regulatory body")
• Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (advisory role) ("nuclear regulatory and advisory authority")
• Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority ("regulatory agency")
• Forensic Science Regulator ("forensic science regulator")
• Security Industry Authority ("regulator")
• Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner ("regulatory body")
• Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office ("regulatory body")
• Civil Service Commission ("regulatory body")
• APPF
• Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("banking regulatory committee")
• Murray–Darling Basin Authority ("statutory authority")