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PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ACT 1999 No. 145, 1999 No. 145, 1999 - SECT 70

Delegations
(1)
A Secretary may, in writing, delegate to a Parliamentary Service employee any of the Secretary's powers or functions under this Act (other than this section).

(2)
A Secretary may, in writing and with the prior written consent of the Commissioner, delegate to a person who is not a Parliamentary Service employee any of the Secretary's powers or functions under this Act (other than this section).

(3)
If a Parliamentary Service employee (the first delegate ) to whom powers or functions are delegated under subsection (1) is an SES employee or acting SES employee, the first delegate may, in writing, delegate any of those powers or functions to another Parliamentary Service employee (the second delegate ). However, if the first delegate is subject to directions in relation to the exercise of a power or function delegated under this subsection, the first delegate must give corresponding directions to the second delegate.

(4)
A power or function that is exercised or performed by a person under a delegation under subsection (3) is taken, for the purposes of this Act, to have been exercised or performed by the person who originally delegated the corresponding power or function under subsection (1).

(5)
A person exercising powers or functions under a delegation under this section must comply with any directions of the person who delegated the power or function.



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