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statutory board en · NOUN

Etymology

From statutory + board.

Meanings

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:

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