From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishregulatoryreg‧u‧la‧to‧ry /ˌreɡjəˈleɪtəri $ ˈreɡjələtɔːri/AWL adjective formalRULE/REGULATIONa regulatoryauthority has the official power to control an activity and to make sure that it is done in a satisfactory wayregulatory body/authority/agencyNew drugs have been approved by the regulatory authority.Examples from the Corpusregulatory• Sometimes it has been satisfied that no furtherregulatory action is required.• the NuclearRegulatoryCommission• Figure 12.4 shows the links between supervisors and institutions, and emphasises the complexity of the regulatoryframework.• Of course, these media do operate under constraints, based on regulatoryguidelines for balanced and accuratecontent.regulatory body/authority/agency• Additionally, you should consider contacting the appropriateregulatory body.• He has constantly tried to destroy the regulatory agencies.• Pfaelzer also ordered Keating to pay $ 122 million in restitution to federalregulatory authorities.• These will be a regulatory authority, infrastructure company, operations holding company and an equipment company.• Though regulatory authorities send folks reports on their pensionsavings every four months, few people actually read them.• An independentregulatory body should monitor the performance of all operators.• It is a characteristic of both adjudicatory and regulatory bodies that they produce a bindingdetermination of the issue before them.• A key question is whether firms should be able to decide which regulatory body to join.From Longman Business Dictionaryregulatoryreg‧u‧la‧to‧ry /ˌregjəˈleɪtəriˈregjələtɔːri/ adjectiveLAWhaving the purpose of controlling an activity, system, or industry, especially by rulesThe industry has set up a number of regulatory bodies.the regulatory authority for the marketing of life assurance and unit trusts