ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 20
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 20
20 . Delegation by CEO
(1) The CEO may by
notice published in the Gazette , with the approval of the Minister, delegate
either generally or as otherwise provided in the notice, to —
(a) an
officer or other person referred to in section 22; or
(b) a
public authority or officer or employee of a public authority; or
(c) any
other person,
specified in the
notice (in this section called the delegate ) all or any of the powers and
duties of the CEO under this Act, other than this power of delegation.
[(2) deleted]
(3) The CEO shall
cause the name or title of the delegate to be published in the Gazette as soon
as is practicable after the making of the delegation concerned.
(4) A power or duty
delegated by the CEO under this section shall, if exercised or performed by
the delegate, be exercised or performed in accordance with the instrument of
delegation.
[Section 20 amended: No. 34 of 1993 s. 11; No. 14
of 1998 s. 29; No. 54 of 2003 s. 140(2).]