Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL LIBRARY ACT 1960 - SECT 17

(1)

For the purposes of this Act, there shall be a Director-General of the National Library.

(2)

The Director-General shall be appointed by the Governor-General.

(3)

The Director-General is the executive officer of the Council and has, under the Council, the conduct of the affairs of the Library.

(4)

For the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999 :

(a)

the Director-General and the APS employees assisting the Director-General together constitute a Statutory Agency; and

(b)

the Director-General is the Head of that Statutory Agency.

(5)

The Director-General may, by instrument in writing, and either generally or to the extent provided in the instrument, delegate to a person engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 all or any of his or her powers and functions under this Act (not including this power of delegation).

(6)

The power of the Director-General to delegate all or any of his or her powers and functions is subject to any directions of the Council.

(7)

A power or function delegated under this section may be exercised or performed by the delegate as fully and effectually as by the Director-General.

(8)

A delegation under this section is revocable at will and does not prevent the exercise of a power or the performance of a function by the Director-General.