Official Visitor Act 2012

The official visitors board has the following functions:

to oversee the exercise of functions by official visitors under this Act, an operational Act or another territory law;

to arrange for the recruitment, induction, training and support of official visitors;

to provide support for and manage the exercise of functions by official visitors under this Act, an operational Act or another territory law;

to consider and try to resolve any complaints about official visitors;

to exercise any other function given to the board under this Act, an operational Act or another territory law.

The chair of the board may arrange with the head of service to use the services of a public servant (the official visitors executive officer) to—

provide support to the board in the exercise of the board’s functions; and

exercise any other function given to the official visitors executive officer under this Act, an operational Act or another territory law.

The head of service may delegate powers in relation to the management of public servants to a public servant or another person (see Public Sector Management Act 1994, s 18).

The chair of official visitors board may delegate the board’s functions under this Act, an operational Act or another territory law to the official visitors executive officer or another public servant.

For the making of delegations and the exercise of delegated functions, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.4.