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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 80, 1980 - SECT 12

12. Sections 14, 15 and 16 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following
sections substituted: Designated Authorities

"14. (1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be, in respect of each
adjacent area, a Designated Authority.



"(2) The Designated Authority in respect of the adjacent area in respect of a
State is the State Minister.



"(3) The functions and powers of a State Minister as Designated Authority may
be performed and exercised by another State Minister acting for and on behalf
of that Minister.



"(4) The Designated Authority in respect of the adjacent area in respect of a
Territory referred to in section 7 is the Minister.



"(5) The Designated Authority in respect of the adjacent area in respect of
the Northern Territory is the Northern Territory Minister.



"(6) The functions and powers of the Northern Territory Minister as Designated
Authority may be performed and exercised by another Northern Territory
Minister acting for and on behalf of that Minister. Delegation

"15. (1) A Designated Authority may, either generally or as otherwise provided
by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by him, delegate to a
person any of his powers under this Act (including the Acts with which this
Act is incorporated) or the regulations, other than this power of delegation.



"(2) A power so delegated, when exercised by the delegate, shall, for the
purposes of this Act, or of an Act with which this Act is incorporated or the
regulations, be deemed to have been exercised by the Designated Authority.



"(3) A delegation under this section may be expressed as a delegation to the
person for the time being holding, or performing the duties of, a specified
office under the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.



"(4) A delegation under this section made by a person holding an office of
Designated Authority continues in force notwithstanding a vacancy in that
office or change in the identity of the holder of that office, but such a
delegation may be revoked by the same or a subsequent holder of that office.



"(5) A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of a power
by the Designated Authority.



"(6) A copy of each instrument making, varying or revoking a delegation under
this section shall be published in the Gazette.". 


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