South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) A Joint Authority
may, by instrument in writing, either generally or otherwise, delegate to a
person any of its powers under this Act other than this power of delegation.
(2) If a power
delegated under subsection (1) is exercised by the delegate, the power
will, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to have been exercised by the
Joint Authority.
(3) A delegation under
this section may be expressed as a delegation to the person from time to time
holding, or performing the duties of, a specified office, including an
office—
(a) in
the service of; or
(b) in
the service of an authority of; or
(c)
under the law of,
the Commonwealth or another State of the Commonwealth.
(4) A delegate of a
Joint Authority is, in the exercise of delegated powers, subject to the
directions of the Joint Authority.
(5) A delegation under
this section—
(a) may
be revoked, by instrument in writing, by the Joint Authority (whether or not
constituted by the persons constituting the Joint Authority at the time the
power was delegated); and
(b)
continues in force despite any change in the membership of the Joint
Authority.
(6) A certificate
signed by a member of a Joint Authority stating a matter with respect to a
delegation under this section by the Joint Authority will, in the absence of
proof to the contrary, be accepted as proof of the matter stated.
(7) In legal
proceedings, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate
referred to in subsection (6) will, in the absence of proof to the
contrary, be taken to be such a certificate and to have been duly given.
(8) Nothing in this
Part is intended to prevent the delegation by a Joint Authority, in accordance
with a law of the Commonwealth, of powers conferred on the Joint Authority by
the law of the Commonwealth.