9AStates may confer powers and functions on Agency etc.

#### 9A States may confer powers and functions on Agency etc. (1) If a law of a State or Territory confers a power or function on the Agency, the Agency may, with the written approval of the Minister, exercise that power or perform that function, as the case may be. (1A) This Act does not prevent the Minister from giving an approval under subsection (1) in relation to a law of a State or Territory that requires or authorises the Agency to: (a) make an entry on a Register; or (b) in a case where an entry on a Register was made in accordance with such a law—remove that entry. (2) If the Agency is authorised to exercise a power, or perform a function, under a law of a State or Territory, and that law confers a power or function on: (a) the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; or (b) a member or officer of that Tribunal; or (c) a member or officer of the Federal Court of Australia; then, subject to the regulations, that Tribunal, member or officer may exercise the power, or perform the function, conferred by that law. (3) If the Agency is authorised to exercise a power, or perform a function, under a law of a Territory, and that law confers jurisdiction on the Federal Court of Australia, then, subject to the regulations, that Court may exercise that jurisdiction.