Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FISHERIES AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 86 of 1980 - SECT 7

7. (1) Section 6A of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:



"(3) A delegation under this section may be expressed as a delegation to the
person from time to time holding, or performing the duties of, a specified
office in the Department or a specified office in the service of, in the
service of an authority of, or under the law of, a State or the Northern
Territory.";

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (4) so much of the sub-section as
        precedes paragraph (a) and substituting:



"(4) The following powers are not exerciseable by a delegate other than a
person holding, or performing the duties of, an office in the Department:";
and

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (5).

(2) A delegation given, or purporting to have been given, under section 6A of
the Principal Act after 24 August 1978 and before the commencement of this
section shall be deemed to have been at all times, and to be, as valid and
effectual as if the amendments made by this section had come into operation on
that date.