New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PLANT DISEASES ACT 1924 - SECT 3A

3A Power of Minister to delegate functions

(1) The Minister may delegate to a person the exercise of any of the Minister’s functions under this Act, other than 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 Minister.

(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 Minister.

(5) A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of a function by the Minister nor does it prevent an officer of the Department from exercising such a function in accordance with an authority conferred by the Minister.

(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.

(7) This section does not apply to functions of the Minister under section 13A.