New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 379

379 Delegation by Secretary

(1) The Secretary may delegate to any person any function conferred on the Secretary by this Act or the regulations, other than this power of delegation.

(2) The following functions may be delegated only to an officer or employee of a government agency--

(a) making emergency orders under this Act,

(b) making control orders under this Act,

(c) granting or renewing emergency permits under this Act,

(d) granting or renewing prohibited matter permits under this Act.

(3) A delegate may subdelegate any function delegated to the delegate by the Secretary, if authorised to do so by the Secretary, by instrument in writing.

(4) A delegate cannot subdelegate a function to a person if the Secretary does not have power to delegate that function to the person.

(5) If the Secretary delegates functions subject to conditions or limitations, any subdelegation by the delegate is taken to be subject to the same conditions and limitations, and any further conditions or limitations imposed by the delegate.