handhavende
Handhavende is a term used primarily in Danish administrative and legal language to describe the entity or person that has the authority or competence to handle a particular matter. It functions as an attributive form that labels who is empowered to act within a given legal framework, such as issuing permits, enforcing rules, or processing applications.
In practice, the concept appears most often in phrases like den handhavende myndighed (the competent authority)
Laws and regulations commonly specify which body is handhavende for a given matter, and delegation or transfer
The term is not unique to Danish and appears in Norwegian administrative language with a similar meaning,