C1 · Advanced
Administrative Roles & Procedures
Identify administrative offices, procedures and oversight, while distinguishing current terminology from historical references in older documents.
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- Words & phrases
- 38
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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Words you’ll make your own.
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- public office, official post
- the civil service, the administrative apparatus
- agency, government directorate
- ministry department
- permanent secretary
- power, authority, competence (to act)
- administrative body, public authority
- to appeal (a decision)
- official certificate
- exercise of public authority
- upholding, confirmation (of a decision)
- to approve
- bureaucratic procedure, workflow
- directive, official instruction
- regulation, bylaw
- statute, bylaw
- regulation, official prescription
- file reference number
- rate, tariff (official charge)
- case processing time
- complaints authority
- disqualification, conflict of interest
- legal entitlement
- discretionary assessment, exercise of judgment
- to shelve, to drop (a case)
- requisition, official order form
- authorization, statutory mandate
- portfolio, area of responsibility
- official report, mandatory return
- supervisory authority
- a birth certificate
- a marriage certificate
- a certificate of residence
- a tax card
- a tax return
- a NemID code card (historical; NemID closed in 2023)
- to rescind a decision
- to lodge an appeal
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- Lesson 1
Administrative Roles and Procedures
- Lesson 2
Decision-Making Powers and Appeals
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