Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Secretary may, by writing, delegate all or any of the Secretary's functions or powers under this Act or the regulations to:
(a) an SES employee, or acting SES employee, in the Department; or
(b) an APS employee who holds, or is acting in, an Executive Level 2, or equivalent, position in the Department.
Note: The expressions APS employee , SES employee and acting SES employee are defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to the Secretary's powers under section 14C, 39 or 72.
(3) In performing functions or exercising powers under a delegation under this section, the delegate must comply with any directions of the Secretary.