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AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY ACT 2005 - SECT 52 Delegations by a Division

AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY ACT 2005 - SECT 52

Delegations by a Division

  (1)   Subject to section   53, a Division may delegate all or any of the functions and powers delegated to it under section   50 to:

  (a)   a member; or

  (b)   an associate member, if the delegated function or power relates to a matter connected with an inquiry, investigation, hearing or other matter specified in the associate member's instrument of appointment; or

  (c)   a member of the ACMA staff; or

  (d)   a person whose services are made available to the ACMA under subsection   55(1).

  (2)   The delegation continues in force despite a change in the membership of the Division.

  (3)   The delegation may be varied or revoked by the Division (whether or not there has been a change in the membership of the Division).

  (4)   A certificate:

  (a)   stating any matter with respect to a delegation under subsection   (1); and

  (b)   signed by:

  (i)   a member in the Division; or

  (ii)   an associate member who participated, or could have participated, in the making of the Division's decision to make the delegation;

is prima facie evidence of the matter.

  (5)   A document purporting to be a certificate mentioned in subsection   (4) is taken to be such a certificate and to have been duly given unless the contrary is established.

  (6)   Sections   34AA, 34AB and 34A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 apply to a delegation under this section in the same way as they apply to the delegation under section   50 to the Division.