34Delegation by Auditor-General

34 Delegation by Auditor-General

(1)  The Auditor-General may delegate to a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in the Tasmanian Audit Office any function or power of the Auditor-General under –

(a) a provision of this Act, other than this section or section 29 , 30 or 37 ; or

(b) another written law.

(2)  If a person has been appointed under section 33 to carry out all or a part of an audit, the Auditor-General may delegate to that person any function or power of the Auditor-General under –

(a) a provision of this Act, other than this section or section 29 , 30 , 33 or 37 ; or

(b) another written law –

in relation to that audit.

(3)  A delegation under this section must be by written notice signed by the Auditor-General.

(4)  A person to whom a function or power is delegated in accordance with this section cannot delegate that function or power.

(5)  A person performing or exercising a function or power that has been delegated to the person in accordance with this section is taken to do so in accordance with the terms of the delegation unless the contrary is shown.

(6)  A function or power that has been delegated to a person in accordance with this section is, when performed or exercised by that person, taken to have been performed or exercised by the Auditor-General.

(7)  Nothing in this section limits the ability of the Auditor-General to perform a function through an agent.