New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL LANDS PROTECTION ACT 1998 - SECT 42

42 Functions generally

(1) An authority has the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), an authority has the following functions:

(a) any function with respect to animal health or the protection of rural lands referred to in this Act or the regulations that is not specifically conferred or imposed on another person or body,

(b) the administration within its district of drought or other disaster relief schemes,

(c) the provision of any service on behalf of or to a public authority by arrangement with the public authority,

(d) the doing of anything necessary, or supplemental or incidental to, the exercise of its functions.

(3) The Minister may (with the concurrence of the State Council) delegate to an authority any functions of the Minister under the Stock Diseases Act 1923 , the Stock (Chemical Residues) Act 1975 or any other Act prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

(4) An authority cannot employ any staff.

Note: Staff may be employed under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 in the Government Service to enable an authority to exercise its functions.