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TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATION ACT 1966 - SECT 18

TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATION ACT 1966 - SECT 18

18 .         Delegation by Director General

        (1)         The Director General may, and shall at the request of the Minister to the extent specified in the request, either generally or in relation to any particular matter, by instrument, delegate to any person any of the functions or powers of the Director General under this Act, except this power of delegation.

        (2)         A delegation under this section is revocable at will by the Director General, except that, to the extent that the delegation was at the request of the Minister, it is revocable only at the Minister’s request.

        (3)         A function performed or a power exercised by a delegate is to be treated as performed or exercised by the Director General.

        (4)         A delegate performing a function or exercising a power is to be taken to do so in accordance with the terms of the delegation unless the contrary is shown.

        (5)         Subject to this section, section 59 of the Interpretation Act 1984 applies to and in relation to any delegation under this section.

        [Section 18 inserted: No. 32 of 1998 s. 64(2); amended: No. 7 of 2002 s. 48.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 47 of 1980 s. 8.]