New South Wales Repealed Acts

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PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT ACT 1988 - SECT 12

12 Delegation by Department Head

(1979 Act, s 48)

(1) A Department Head may delegate to an officer of the Department any of the Department Head’s functions under this Act, other than this power of delegation.

(2) If:

(a) a function of a Department Head is delegated to an officer of the Department in accordance with subsection (1), and

(b) the instrument of delegation authorises the sub-delegation of the function,

then, subject to any conditions to which the delegation is subject, the officer may sub-delegate the function to another officer of the Department.

(3) In this section:

(a) a reference to the functions of a Department Head includes a reference to any functions delegated to the Department Head under this Act, and

(b) a reference to an officer of a Department includes:

(i) a reference to a person holding an appointment to or in the Department, and

(ii) where the Department is the group of staff attached to a body, organisation or group specified in Schedule 1—a reference to a person holding an appointment to or in that body, organisation or group, and

(iii) a reference to a temporary employee.