12Delegation of powers of Governor‑General or Minister

12 Delegation of powers of Governor‑General or Minister

(1) Subject to this section, the Governor‑General or the Minister (each a delegator) may, by instrument in writing, delegate to a person or authority, either generally or otherwise as provided in the instrument of delegation, all or any of the delegator’s powers and functions (except this power of delegation) under an Ordinance, whether the powers or functions are conferred: (a) directly on the delegator; or (b) by virtue of the provisions of Part III of the Interpretation Ordinance 1958. (2) A power or function so delegated may be exercised or performed by the delegate in accordance with the instrument of delegation. (3) A delegation under this section is revocable at will and does not prevent the exercise of a power or the performance of a function by the delegator. (4) This section does not authorize a delegator to delegate a power to make regulations, rules or rules of court conferred by an Ordinance. Saving provision (5) Despite the repeal and substitution of subsection (1) by the Christmas Island Legislation Amendment (Local Government, Interpretation and Other Matters) Ordinance 2025 (the amending Ordinance), a delegation made under subsection (1) and in force immediately before the commencement of Schedule 1 to the amending Ordinance continues in effect, on and after that commencement, as if it had been made under that subsection as in force immediately after that commencement.