Meat Industry Act 1978

The Minister may delegate to a person the exercise of any of the Minister’s functions under this Act, other than this power of delegation.

A delegation under this section—

shall be in writing,

may be general or limited, and

may be revoked, wholly or partly, by the Minister.

A delegate is, in the exercise of a function delegated under this section, subject to such conditions as are specified in the instrument of delegation.

A function delegated under this section, when exercised by the delegate, shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Minister.

A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of a function by the Minister.

A function purporting to have been exercised by a delegate under this section shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been duly exercised by a delegate under this section.