(1) The Director of Human Biosecurity may, in writing, delegate any or all of the Director's functions or powers under Part 3 of Chapter 2 (human biosecurity control orders) to an SES employee, or an acting SES employee, in the Health Department who is a human biosecurity officer.
Note 1: The expressions SES employee and acting SES employee are defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
Note 2: See also sections 34AA to 34A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 , which contain extra rules about delegations.
(2) In performing any functions or exercising any powers under a delegation made under subsection (1), the delegate must comply with any directions of the Director of Human Biosecurity.
(3) A human biosecurity officer cannot, under a delegation made under subsection (1), perform a function or exercise a power under section 72 in relation to a human biosecurity control order if the human biosecurity officer:
(a) imposed the order under paragraph 60(1)(b); or
(b) made the request under subsection 71(3) in relation to the order.