Div 5Subcommittees and subsidiary offices

Division 5 — Subcommittees and subsidiary offices

48. Subcommittees and subsidiary offices

(1) To help the committee in the conduct of the Association’s business, the committee may, in writing, do either or both of the following —

(a) appoint one or more subcommittees;

(b) create one or more subsidiary offices and appoint people to those offices.

(2) A subcommittee may consist of the number of people, whether or not members, that the committee considers appropriate.

(3) A person may be appointed to a subsidiary office whether or not the person is a member.

(4) Subject to any directions given by the committee —

(a) a subcommittee may meet and conduct business as it considers appropriate; and

(b) the holder of a subsidiary office may carry out the functions given to the holder as the holder considers appropriate.

49. Delegation to subcommittees and holders of subsidiary offices

(1) In this rule —

non-delegable duty means a duty imposed on the committee by the Act or another written law.

(2) The committee may, in writing, delegate to a subcommittee or the holder of a subsidiary office the exercise of any power or the performance of any duty of the committee other than —

(a) the power to delegate; and

(b) a non-delegable duty.

(3) A power or duty, the exercise or performance of which has been delegated to a subcommittee or the holder of a subsidiary office under this rule, may be exercised or performed by the subcommittee or holder in accordance with the terms of the delegation.

(4) The delegation may be made subject to any conditions, qualifications, limitations or exceptions that the committee specifies in the document by which the delegation is made.

(5) The delegation does not prevent the committee from exercising or performing at any time the power or duty delegated.

(6) Any act or thing done by a subcommittee, or by the holder of a subsidiary office, under the delegation has the same force and effect as if it had been done by the committee.

(7) The committee may, in writing, amend or revoke the delegation.