SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2009 - SECT 53 Delegation

SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2009 - SECT 53

53 Delegation

(1) A distributor-retailer may delegate any of its functions to a member of its board, its chief executive officer or any of its appropriately qualified employees.

(2) However, a function can not be delegated under subsection (1) to a person to whom a circumstance mentioned in section 47 applies.

(3) A board may delegate any of its functions to—

(a) a committee of members of the board; or

(b) the distributor-retailer’s chief executive officer.

(4) The chief executive officer of a distributor-retailer may delegate his or her functions, including a function delegated to the chief executive officer, to an appropriately qualified employee of the distributor-retailer.

Note—

For general laws about delegation, see the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 27A .

(5) Without limiting subsection (1) , a distributor-retailer may delegate the following functions to its relevant participating local government—

(a) functions under chapter 2C relating to the appointment of water connection officers;

(b) functions under chapter 4C ;

(c) functions as a referral agency for a particular development application.

(6) A relevant participating local government may subdelegate a function delegated to it under subsection (5) to an appropriately qualified officer or employee of the local government.

(7) Without limiting subsection (4) , the chief executive officer of a distributor-retailer may delegate his or her functions under sections 99BRBB , 99BRBC and 99BRBD to a relevant participating local government of the distributor-retailer.

(8) A delegation of a chief executive’s power to a participating local government may permit the subdelegation of the power to an appropriately qualified person.

(9) In this section—


"building work" see the Building Act 1975 , section 5 .


"particular development application" , for a distributor-retailer, means a development application for carrying out building work for a building or structure on a lot that contains, or is adjacent to a lot that contains, the distributor-retailer’s infrastructure.


"referral agency" , for a development application, means a referral agency for the application under the Planning Act .


"relevant participating local government" , for a function of a distributor-retailer, means the distributor-retailer’s participating local government for the local government area in relation to which the function is performed or exercised.