New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SOLICITOR GENERAL ACT 1969 - SECT 3

3 Powers, authorities etc of Solicitor General

(1) The Solicitor General may:

(a) act as Counsel for Her Majesty and may perform such other duties and functions of Counsel as the Attorney General directs,

(b) when the office of Attorney General is vacant, or the Attorney General is absent from the State or is by reason of illness unable to exercise and discharge his or her powers, authorities, duties and functions, exercise and discharge any powers, authorities, duties and functions conferred or imposed on the Attorney General by or under any Act or incident by law to the office of the Attorney General.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall have effect notwithstanding any delegation made under section 4 in respect of any power, authority, duty or function referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and any such delegation and any terms of such delegation shall have no operation or effect during any period the Solicitor General may exercise or discharge such power, authority, duty or function pursuant to the said paragraph (b).