"Authority support" refers to the assistance or endorsement provided by individuals with power, expertise, or influence to help reinforce or back up a particular idea, decision, or action.
Local authority support for the remaining 94 % is entirely discretionary. (frg.org.uk)
It focuses on how kinship carers are coping financially and on the impact of welfare reforms and changes in local authority support. (frg.org.uk)
Though this lay on the claimant (in attempting to establish the easement) it was noted that there was a separate line of legal authority supporting a presumption of an earlier grant being created where a claimant to an easement could prove open use for the required period. (burges-salmon.com)