(1) The CEO may enter
into an agreement providing for the CEO’s functions under this Act that
are described in the agreement to be performed on behalf of the CEO.
(2) The CEO’s
functions include any functions delegated to the CEO under the
Taxation Administration Act 2003 .
(3) 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.
(4) A function
described in the agreement may be performed —
(a) in
accordance with the agreement; and
(b) on
and subject to the terms of the agreement.
(5) If the performance
of a function is dependent on the opinion, belief or state of mind of the CEO
it may be performed under the agreement on the opinion, belief or state of
mind of the person or body with whom the agreement is made or another person
provided for in the agreement.
(6) 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 person or body in connection with the
performance by that person or body under the agreement of a function of the
CEO is as effectual as if it had been done by, to, by reference to, or in
relation to, the CEO.