Fisheries Management Act 2007

The Minister may delegate a function or power of the Minister under this Act (other than this power of delegation) to the Director or any other person or body (including a person for the time being holding or acting in a specified office or position).

The Director may delegate a function or power of the Director under this Act (other than this power of delegation) to a Public Service employee (including a person for the time being holding or acting in a specified office or position).

A delegation under this section—

must be by instrument in writing; and

may be absolute or conditional; and

does not derogate from the power of the delegator to act in a matter; and

is revocable at will.

A function or power delegated under this section may, if the instrument of delegation so provides, be further delegated.

In legal proceedings, an apparently genuine certificate, purportedly signed by the Minister or the Director containing particulars of a delegation under this section, will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be accepted as proof that the delegation was made in accordance with the particulars.