Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this section, where, by, under or in pursuance of an Act or a statutory instrument, a power or function is conferred on a minister or other person (whether by reference to an office or otherwise), the power may be exercised or the function performed:
(a) in the case of a power or function conferred on a minister, by a person who has the authority of that minister; or
(b) in any other case, by a person who, with the approval of the minister administering the provision conferring the power or function, or of a person authorized by that minister to give that approval, has the authority of that first-mentioned person.
(2) Subsection (1) does not empower the exercise of a power or the performance of a function by the authority of a person where that authority is not evidenced in a written instrument.
(3) Authority may be conferred pursuant to subsection (1) on:
(a) a person by name;
(b) a person by reference to the office, position or designation held or occupied by the person; or
(c) a person from time to time holding, acting in or performing the duties of a named office, designation or position.
(4) A written instrument conferring authority on a person in pursuance of this section may be revoked, rescinded, altered or amended at any time by the person conferring the authority.
(5) The conferring of authority by a written instrument under this section does not prevent the exercise of the power or the performance of the function by the person conferring the authority or by another person upon whom authority relating to the same power or function is conferred.
(6) Subsection (1) does not empower the exercise of a power or the performance of a function by the authority of a person otherwise than subject to such conditions and limitations, if any, as are set out in the written instrument evidencing the authority.
(7) Subsection (1) does not empower the exercise of a power or the performance of a function by the authority of a person if the power or function:
(a) is of a legislative or judicial nature;
(b) relates to the investigation or detection of offences or unlawful acts; or
(c) relates to the grant or the defeasance or forfeiture of a right or title to land.