AUSTRALIAN BORDER FORCE ACT 2015 - SECT 54 Delegation by Comptroller - General of Customs
AUSTRALIAN BORDER FORCE ACT 2015 - SECT 54
Delegation by Comptroller - General of Customs(1) The Comptroller - General of Customs may, by writing, delegate any of his or her functions or powers under a law of the Commonwealth (other than section 179, 179K or 179L of the Customs Act 1901 ) to:
(b) an Immigration and Border Protection worker.
(2) An Immigration and Border Protection worker must, in performing functions or exercising powers under a delegation under subsection (1), comply with any written directions of the Comptroller - General of Customs.
(3) If the Secretary is delegated functions or powers under subsection (1), the Secretary may, by writing, delegate any of those functions or powers to an Immigration and Border Protection worker.
(4) An Immigration and Border Protection worker must, in performing functions or exercising powers under a delegation under subsection (3), comply with any written directions of the Secretary.
(5) The Secretary must not give directions under subsection (4) in relation to particular functions or powers that are inconsistent with any directions given under subsection (2) in relation to those functions or powers.
(6) A function that is performed or a power that is exercised by
an Immigration and Border Protection worker under a delegation under
subsection (3) is taken, for the purposes of the law referred to in
subsection (1), to have been performed or exercised by the Comptroller
- General of Customs.