(1) The authority of a non-council manager to exercise functions of the Minister in connection with dedicated or reserved Crown land depends on whether the manager has been assigned as a category 1 or category 2 manager.
(2) A non-council manager may be assigned (or reassigned) to a particular category of manager by--(a) the manager's appointment instrument, or(b) a notice published in the Gazette, or(c) the regulations.
(3) Any notice or regulation for the purposes of subsection (2) may assign a non-council manager specifically or by class.
(4) If a non-council manager's appointment instrument and the regulations (or a notice published in the Gazette) assign the manager to different categories, the assignment made by the appointment instrument is to prevail unless the regulations (or notice) exclude the operation of this subsection.
(5) A non-council manager is taken to be assigned as a category 2 manager if the manager has not been assigned to a particular category of manager under subsection (2).