New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ADMINISTRATION ACT 1991 - SECT 21

21 Delegation of functions

(1) The Authority may delegate to an authorised person any of the functions of the Authority, other than this power of delegation.

(1A) The Director-General may delegate to an authorised person any of the functions (other than this power of delegation) conferred or imposed on the Director-General by or under the environment protection legislation or any other legislation.

(2) A delegate may sub-delegate to an authorised person any function delegated:

(a) by the Authority, if the delegate is authorised in writing to do so by the Authority, or

(b) by the Director-General, if the delegate is authorised in writing to do so by the Director-General.

(3) In this section, "authorised person" means:

(a) a member of the staff of the Authority, or

(b) a member of the staff of a Government agency of Victoria, Queensland, South Australia or the Australian Capital Territory which administers environment protection legislation, or

(c) a council (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 ), or

(d) a person of a class prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of delegations from the Authority or the Director-General or both.