(1) The Director
General may enter into an agreement providing for the Director General’s
functions under this Act that are described in the agreement to be performed
on behalf of the Director General.
(2) The agreement may
be with the Commissioner of Police, a local government, or any other person or
body, whether or not the person or body has itself functions of a public
nature.
(3) A function
described in the agreement may be performed —
(a) in
accordance with the agreement; and
(b) on
and subject to terms and conditions in the agreement.
(4) If the performance
of a function is dependent upon the opinion, belief, or state of mind of the
Director General it may be performed under the agreement upon the opinion,
belief, or state of mind of the body or person with whom the agreement is made
or another person provided for in the agreement.
(5) For the purposes
of this Act or any other written law, an act or thing done by, to, by
reference to, or in relation to, a body or person in connection with the
performance by that body or person under the agreement of a function of the
Director General is as effectual as if it had been done by, to, by reference
to, or in relation to, the Director General.
[Section 4B inserted: No. 7 of 2002 s. 5.]