PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 9

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 9

9 .         Chief Health Officer may delegate

        (1)         The Chief Health Officer may delegate any function of the Chief Health Officer under another provision of this Act to a public health official.

        (2)         A delegation must be in writing signed by the Chief Health Officer.

        (3)         A delegation may expressly authorise the delegate to further delegate the function to another public health official.

        (4)         A person performing a function that has been delegated to the person under, or as authorised under, this section is to be taken to do so in accordance with the terms of the delegation unless the contrary is shown.

        (5)         Nothing in this section limits the ability of the Chief Health Officer to act through an officer or agent.

        (6)         Without limiting subsection (1), the Chief Health Officer may, under this section, delegate any function of the Chief Health Officer under Part 12B to a public service officer employed in a department of the Public Service.

        [Section 9 amended: No. 33 of 2020 s. 5.]