The Secretary of the Department administered by the Defence inister may delegate any of the Secretary's powers under regulation 13EI (which relate to the disclosure of information and documents) to:
(a) an SES employee, or acting SES employee, in that Department; or
(b) an APS employee who holds, or is acting in, an Executive Level 1 position, or an equivalent or higher position, in that Department.
Note 1: See also sections 34AA and 34AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
Note 2: The expressions APS employee , SES employee and acting SES employee are defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .