New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ACT 1985 - SECT 9

9 Delegation

(1) The Authority may delegate to an officer of the Department of Agriculture the exercise of any of the functions of the Authority under this Act, other than:

(a) the exercise of the functions of the Authority under section 17, 18, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 36 or 51, or

(b) this power of delegation.

(2) A delegation under this section:

(a) shall be in writing,

(b) may be general or limited, and

(c) may be revoked, wholly or partly, by the Authority.

(3) A delegate is, in the exercise of a function delegated under this section, subject to such conditions as are specified in the instrument of delegation.

(4) A function delegated under this section, when exercised by the delegate, shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Authority.

(5) A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of a function by the Authority.

(6) A function purporting to have been exercised by a delegate under this section shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been duly exercised by a delegate under this section.