Acts Interpretation Act 1931

In this section,statutory authority means an incorporated or unincorporated body which is established, constituted or continued by or under an Act or under the royal prerogative, being a body which, or of which the governing authority, wholly or partly comprises a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister of the Crown or another statutory authority.

If by any Act the Governor, a Minister, a statutory authority, a rule-making authority or any specified officer is empowered to make or issue any proclamation, order-in-council, order, warrant or other instrument, it is sufficient to cite in the proclamation, order-in-council, order, warrant or instrument the Act authorising its making or issuing, and it is not necessary to recite or set forth any facts or circumstances or the performance of any conditions precedent upon which that power depends or may be exercised.