BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 453 Agriculture Minister may delegate certain emergency powers

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 453

  (1)   During a biosecurity emergency period, the Agriculture Minister may, in writing, delegate to the executive head of a national response agency any or all of the functions or powers of the Minister under:

  (a)   section   445 (determining emergency requirements); or

  (b)   section   446 (emergency directions and actions), other than the power to give a direction of a kind referred to in paragraph   446(2)(h) or (i) (directions to Commonwealth officials); or

  (c)   section   450 (asking questions); or

  (d)   section   451 (requiring documents).

Note 1:   The functions and powers referred to in paragraphs   (1)(b) to (d) may be subdelegated (see section   454).

Note 2:   See also sections   34AA and 34AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

  (2)   In performing functions or exercising powers under a delegation made under subsection   (1), the delegate must comply with any directions of the Agriculture Minister.