Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Any function of
the Council may be performed, and any power (other than this power of
delegation) may be exercised or duty carried out on behalf of the Council by a
person other than the Council, if the Council delegates, by resolution of
which notice is published in the Gazette , that function, power or duty to
that person, either generally or in respect to any particular matter.
(2) The Chairperson
may, whenever it is necessary to do so, delegate generally to a member or to
an officer or other person referred to in section 27 who
is —
(a)
specified in the instrument of delegation; and
(b)
approved by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection,
(in this section
called the delegate ) all of the powers and duties of the Chairperson under
this Act in relation to meetings of the Council, other than this power of
delegation, but in default of any such delegation the exercise and performance
of those powers and duties may be undertaken by a member so authorised by the
Minister.
(3) Notwithstanding
subsection (2) but subject to the approval of the Minister, the
Chairperson may by notice published in the Gazette delegate, either generally
or as otherwise provided by that notice, to —
(a) a
member, or any officer or other person appointed or engaged under
section 27;
(b) a
committee of the Council; or
(c) a
public authority or officer or employee of a public authority,
specified in that
notice (in this section also called the delegate ) all or any of the powers
and duties of the Chairperson under this Act, other than the powers and duties
in relation to meetings of the Council and this power of delegation.
(4) The Chairperson
shall cause the name or title of the delegate to be published in the Gazette .
(5) A power or duty
delegated by the Council or the Chairperson under this section shall, if
exercised or performed by the delegate, be exercised or performed in
accordance with the instrument of delegation.