Local Government Act 2020

The Chief Executive Officer may by instrument of delegation delegate any power, duty or function of the Council that has been delegated to the Chief Executive Officer by the Council to—

a member of Council staff; or

the members of a Community Asset Committee.

The Chief Executive Officer may by instrument of delegation delegate any power, duty or function conferred by this Act or any other Act on the Chief Executive Officer, other than this power of delegation and the power of delegation under subsection (1), to a member of Council staff.

A delegation under this section to a member of Council staff may be made to—

a person named in the delegation; or

the holder of an office or position specified in the delegation.

A delegation under this section to the members of a Community Asset Committee is to be exercised subject to the terms and conditions specified by the Chief Executive Officer, which must include the following—

the specified limit on any financial delegation and the specified purpose for which the financial delegation may be used;

compliance with specified governance requirements to ensure appropriate standards of probity are met;

specified monitoring and reporting of the activities and performance of the Community Asset Committee.

A member of a Community Asset Committee to whom a delegation is given under this section can only exercise the delegation while acting as a member of the Community Asset Committee at a meeting of the Community Asset Committee.

A Chief Executive Officer must submit an annual report to the Council in relation to the activities and performance of a Community Asset Committee in respect of which the members have been given a delegation under this section.

A Chief Executive Officer must keep a register of delegations made under this section.

Unless sooner revoked, a delegation made by a Chief Executive Officer under the Local Government Act 1989 continues in force until 1 September 2020.