Subdelegation
16 Subdelegation
The Minister may, in an instrument by which a function is delegated under section 15(1), authorise the FES Commissioner to subdelegate that function to another member of staff.
The FES Commissioner may, in an instrument by which a function is delegated under section 15(2)(a) to a member of staff, authorise the member of staff to subdelegate that function to another member of staff.
A subdelegation under this section must be made in writing.
Performance by a subdelegate of a function subdelegated under subsection (1) or (2) —
is taken to be in accordance with the terms of a subdelegation under this section, unless the contrary is shown; and
is to be treated as performance by the delegator who made the original delegation under section 15.
Sections 58 and 59 of the Interpretation Act 1984 apply to a subdelegation under this section in the same way as they apply to a delegation.
[Section 16 inserted: No. 38 of 2002 s. 10; amended: No. 22 of 2012 s. 15.]
[17, 18. Deleted: No. 22 of 2012 s. 16.]
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