EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 5

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 5

5 .         Delegation by hazard management agency

        (1)         A hazard management agency, with the approval of the State Emergency Coordinator, may delegate to an officer or employee of the agency any power or duty of the hazard management agency under sections 50, 53 and 55, or any of those sections.

        (2)         The delegation is to be in writing.

        (3)         A delegate exercising or performing a power or duty that has been delegated under this section is to be taken to do so in accordance with the terms of the delegation unless the contrary is shown.

        (4)         Nothing in this section limits the ability of a hazard management agency to act through an officer or person representing the agency.