Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The responsible Commonwealth Minister may, by writing, delegate any or all of his or her functions or powers under this Act or the regulations to:
(aa) the Chief Executive Officer of NOPSEMA; or
(a) the Secretary; or
(b) an SES employee, or acting SES employee, in the Department.
Note: The expressions SES employee and acting SES employee are defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(2) In performing functions or exercising powers under a delegation, the delegate must comply with any directions of the responsible Commonwealth Minister.
Note: See sections 34AA to 34A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the responsible Commonwealth Minister's functions or powers under this Act or the regulations as, or as a member of, the Joint Authority for an offshore area.
(4) If a function or power is delegated to the Chief Executive Officer of NOPSEMA under subsection (1), the Chief Executive Officer of NOPSEMA may, by writing, sub - delegate the function or power to a member of the staff of NOPSEMA.
(5) Sections 34AA, 34AB and 34A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 apply in relation to the sub - delegation in a corresponding way to the way in which they apply in relation to a delegation.
(6) In performing functions or exercising powers under a sub - delegation, the sub - delegate must comply with any directions of the responsible Commonwealth Minister.