Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The Minister may, by instrument, delegate, either generally or as otherwise provided in the instrument, to the Chief of the Defence Force or a service chief the power of the Minister under subregulation 39 (1).
(2) A power delegated under subregulation (1), when exercised by the delegate, shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be deemed to have been exercised by the Minister.
(3) A delegation under subregulation (1) does not prevent the exercise of a power by the Minister.