Acts Interpretation Act 1901

Where an Act confers power on a person or body (in this section called the authority) to delegate a function, duty or power:

the delegation may be made either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation;

the powers that may be delegated do not include that power to delegate;

a function, duty or power so delegated, when performed or exercised by the delegate, shall, for the purposes of the Act, be deemed to have been performed or exercised by the authority;

a delegation by the authority does not prevent the performance or exercise of a function, duty or power by the authority; and

if the authority is not a person, section 34A applies as if it were.

If:

a person (the delegator) or body (also the delegator) delegates all the person’s or body’s functions, duties or powers under an Act, or a provision of an Act, to another person or body; and

the Act is amended to give the delegator one or more additional functions, duties or powers under the Act or provision; and

the delegation is in force immediately before the amendment takes effect;

If:

a person or body delegates one or more of the person’s or body’s functions, duties or powers under an Act, or a provision of an Act, to another person or body; and

the Act is amended to alter the scope of one or more of those functions, duties or powers under the Act or provision; and

the delegation is in force immediately before the amendment takes effect;