Telecommunications Act 1997

The ACMA may, by writing, delegate to a person any or all of its functions and powers under this Division.

If, under section 50 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005, the ACMA has delegated a function or power referred to in subsection (1) to a Division of the ACMA, the following provisions have effect:

the Division may delegate the function or power to a person;

subsections 52(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 have effect as if the delegation by the Division were a delegation under section 52 of that Act.

Subsections (1) and (1A) do not apply to the following powers:

the power to refuse an application for a cabling licence;

the power conferred by subsection 432(3);

the power to cancel or suspend a cabling licence;

the power to make a declaration under section 439.

The delegate is, in the exercise of the delegated function or power, subject to the written directions of:

the ACMA, if the delegation to the delegate was under subsection (1); or

the Division that delegated the power, if the delegation to the delegate was under subsection (1A).

The powers conferred on the ACMA by subsection (1), and on a Division of the ACMA by subsection (1A), are in addition to the powers conferred by sections 50, 51 and 52 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.