A statute establishing and setting out the powers of an administrative agency is called?

• A. Regulation
• B. Statute
• C. Administrative law
• D. Enabling act

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is how agencies receive their legal authority. An enabling act is the statute that creates an administrative agency and grants it the power to act, including the authority to issue regulations and enforce laws. It sets the agency’s mandate, its jurisdiction, and often how it will be funded and organized. Regulations are the rules the agency makes under that authority, not the initial instrument that creates the agency. A statute is a general term for a law, but the specific kind that establishes an agency and empowers it is called an enabling act. Administrative law is the body of law governing how agencies operate, not the instrument that creates them. So the correct concept is the enabling act.