New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY (ASSUMED IDENTITIES) ACT 1998 - SECT 16

16 Delegations

(1) Except as provided by this section (despite any other Act or law to the contrary), the functions of a chief executive officer under this Act may not be delegated to any other person.

(2) The chief executive officer of an authorised agency may delegate any of the chief executive officer’s functions under this Act (except this power of delegation) to a person for the time being holding or acting in an office prescribed by the regulations as an office to which functions under this Act may be delegated.

(3) An office cannot be prescribed as an office to which functions under this Act may be delegated unless it is the office of an officer, employee, or member of the governing body, of the authorised agency concerned.

(4) In the case of the NSW Police Force, no more than 4 delegations may be in force under this section at any one time and no more than 4 offices may be prescribed at any one time as offices to which functions under this Act may be delegated. The offices prescribed can only be offices that are of or above the rank of Superintendent.

(5) In the case of any other authorised agency, no more than one delegation may be in force under this section at any one time and no more than one office may be prescribed at any one time as an office to which functions under this Act may be delegated.