CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION ACT 1985 No. 38 of 1985 - SECT 14 Delegation

CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION ACT 1985 No. 38 of 1985 - SECT 14

14. (1) The Comptroller-General may, either generally or as otherwise provided
by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by the Comptroller-General,
delegate to any person all or any of the Comptroller-General's powers or
functions under a law of customs or excise, or any other law of the
Commonwealth, other than this power of delegation.

(2) Subject to sub-section (4), a power or function so delegated, when
exercised or performed by the delegate, shall, for the purposes of the law of
customs or excise or the other law of the Commonwealth, as the case may be, be
deemed to have been exercised or performed by the Comptroller-General.

(3) A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of a power
or the performance of a function by the Comptroller-General.

(4) A delegation under this section may be made subject to a power of review
and alteration by the Comptroller-General, within a period specified in the
instrument of delegation, of acts done under the delegation.

(5) A delegation under this section continues in force notwithstanding a
change in the occupancy of, or a vacancy in, the office of
Comptroller-General, but, for the purposes of the application of sub-section
33 (3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to a delegation under this section,
nothing in any law shall be taken to preclude the revocation or variation of
the delegation by the same or a subsequent holder of that office.