Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (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 by No. 32 of 1998
s. 64(2); amended by No. 7 of 2002 s. 48.]
[Heading inserted by No. 47 of 1980
s. 8.]