South Australian Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1971 - SECT 12

12—Delegation

        (1)         The Minister may delegate any power or function vested in or conferred on the Minister under this Act.

        (2)         The Director of Mines may, with the Minister's consent, delegate any power or function (including a delegated power or function) vested in or conferred on the Director under this Act.

        (3)         A delegation under this section—

            (a)         may be absolute or conditional; and

            (b)         may be made—

                  (i)         to a particular person or body; or

                  (ii)         to the person for the time being occupying a particular office or position; and

            (c)         does not derogate from the power of the delegator to act in any matter; and

            (d)         is revocable at will by the delegator.

        (4)         In any legal proceedings an apparently genuine certificate, purportedly signed by the Minister or the Director, containing particulars of a delegation under this section, will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be accepted as proof that the delegation was made in accordance with the particulars.