(1) The Minister may delegate any of the following functions (except this power of delegation) of the Minister to any person--(a) any function under this Act,(b) any function under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 .
(2) The Secretary may delegate any function under this Act (except this power of delegation or any function delegated to the Secretary by the Minister) to any person.
(3) A reference in this section to a function under this Act includes a reference to a function under the regulations and a function under a condition of an authority, a mineral claim or an opal prospecting licence.