Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1993 No. 1 of 1994 - SECT 43

43. Section 45 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the
following subsections: Delegation to Director of Evaluation and Audit of
powers relating to consultants

"(2) The Commission may, by writing under its seal, delegate to the Director
of Evaluation and Audit any or all of its powers under section 56 (which deals
with consultants). Chief Executive Officer may sub-delegate function or power

"(3) If the Commission delegates a function or power to the Chief Executive
Officer, he or she may, by writing, sub-delegate the function or power to a
member of the staff of the Commission. Delegation may prohibit sub-delegation

"(4) The Chief Executive Officer must not sub-delegate a function or power if
the instrument of delegation prohibits the sub-delegation of that function or
power. Application of certain provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901

"(5) Section 34AA and paragraphs 34AB(a), (b) and (d) of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901 apply in relation to a sub-delegation in a
corresponding way to the way in which they apply to a delegation. Application
of certain provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901

"(6) Section 34A and paragraphs 34AB(c) and (d) of the Acts Interpretation
Act 1901 apply to a sub-delegation as if it were a delegation.".