Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1984 No. 164 of 1984 - SECT 7

7. After section 8 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Delegation

"8A. (1) The Chief of the Air Staff may, by instrument in writing, delegate to
an officer of the Air Force all or any of his powers under sections 4H, 4HA
and 4J.

"(2) A delegation under this section may be made either generally or as
otherwise provided in the instrument of delegation.

"(3) A power delegated under this section shall, when exercised by the
delegate, be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to have been exercised by
the Chief of the Air Staff.

"(4) A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of a power
by the Chief of the Air Staff.

"(5) A delegation under this section continues in force notwithstanding a
change in the occupancy of, or a vacancy in, the office of Chief of the Air
Staff.

"(6) A document purporting to be a copy of an instrument of delegation under
this section and purporting to bear the signature, or a facsimile of the
signature, of the Chief of the Air Staff and an endorsement in writing that
the delegation is, or was on a specified date, in force, is, upon mere
production in a court or otherwise for any purpose arising under this Act,
prima facie evidence that the delegation was duly made in the terms set out in
the document and is, or was on the date specified, in force.".