New South Wales Consolidated Acts

JUDICIAL OFFICERS ACT 1986 - SECT 7

7 Delegation

(1) The Commission may delegate to a member, officer or committee of the Commission the exercise of any of its functions.

(2) This section does not authorise:

(a) the delegation of any function relating to complaints, except to a committee referred to in section 12 (2), or

(b) the delegation of this power of delegation.

(3) A delegation:

(a) shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by the President or another member authorised by the Commission for the purpose,

(b) may be general or limited, and

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

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

(5) A delegated function, when exercised by the delegate, shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Commission.

(6) A delegation does not prevent the exercise of a function by the Commission.

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