Environmental Protection Act 1994

An administering authority may—

if the authority is the chief executive—delegate the authority’s powers under this Act to—

an authorised person or public service officer; or

a local government; or

if the authority is a local government—by resolution, delegate the authority’s powers under this Act to an appropriately qualified entity.

A delegation of a power as follows may permit the subdelegation of the power to an appropriately qualified entity—

a power of the chief executive, as the administering authority, delegated to a local government;

a power of a local government as the administering authority.