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statutory board

statutory board noun: a quasi-government body corporate constituted under legislation and tasked to perform some functions.

Noun

statutory board (plural statutory boards)

  1. (Commonwealth) A quasi-government body corporate constituted under legislation and tasked to perform some functions.
    • Every person who immediately before 1 July 1997 enjoyed a right of audience before any court, magistrate, statutory tribunal or statutory board shall on and after that date continue to enjoy such right before the corresponding court, magistrate, tribunal or board of the HKSAR.1997, Provisional Legislative Council of Hong Kong, “Hong Kong Reunification Ordinance”, in Hong Kong Government Gazetteᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ, page A23

Forms of statutory board

pluralstatutory boards

Origin of statutory board

From statutory + board.

Questions about statutory board

What does statutory board mean?
Statutory board means a quasi-government body corporate constituted under legislation and tasked to perform some functions.
What part of speech is statutory board?
Statutory board is a noun.
What is the plural of statutory board?
The plural of statutory board is statutory boards.

Words near statutory board in the dictionary

  1. statutorizes
  2. statutorizing
  3. statutory
  4. statutory authorities
  5. statutory authority
  6. statutory board
  7. statutory boards
  8. statutory declaration
  9. statutory declarations
  10. statutory deposit
  11. statutory exclusion

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