(1)  The Minister may, by written instrument, delegate to the following persons any of his or her functions under this Act other than this power of delegation:

(a) the Secretary;

(b) the Chief Plant Protection Officer or Deputy Chief Plant Protection Officer;

(c) the Chief Veterinary Officer or Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer.

(2)  Subject to subsections (4) and (5) , the Secretary may, by written instrument, delegate to a person any of his or her functions under this Act, including a function that has been delegated to the Secretary by the Minister, other than this power of delegation.

(3)  Subject to subsections (4) and (5) , a delegate under subsection (2) may subdelegate any function delegated under that subsection if the delegate is authorised to do so in the instrument that delegated that function to the delegate.

(4)  The following functions may only be delegated, or subdelegated, under this section to a State Service officer or State Service employee:

(a) a function in relation to declarations under this Act of prohibited matter, restricted matter or permitted matter;

(b) a function in relation to emergency orders under this Act;

(c) a function in relation to control orders under this Act;

(d) a function in relation to prohibited matter permits, emergency permits or group permits under this Act;

(e) a function in relation to general biosecurity directions under this Act.

(5)  A function subdelegated under this section may only be performed in accordance with –

(a) the conditions and limitations imposed on the initial delegation; and

(b) any further conditions and limitations imposed as part of the subdelegation.