11Exercise of delegated functions

11 Exercise of delegated functions

11 Exercise of delegated functions

(1) Any power, authority, duty or function, the exercise or discharge of which has been delegated under section 10, may, while the delegation remains unrevoked, be exercised or discharged in accordance with the terms of the delegation by the Crown Advocate.

(2) Any act or thing done or suffered by the Crown Advocate, when acting in the exercise of a delegation made under section 10 and within the terms of the delegation, has the like force and effect as if the act or thing had been done or suffered by the Attorney General.

(3) Where any power, authority, duty or function is exercised or discharged under a delegation made under section 10, and its exercise or discharge depends on the opinion, belief or state of mind of the Attorney General, that power, authority, duty or function may be exercised or discharged by the Crown Advocate on the opinion, belief or state of mind of the Crown Advocate.

(4) No person is to be concerned to see or inquire into whether any act, matter or thing done or performed by the Crown Advocate when purporting to act under a delegation made under section 10 is or is not authorised by that delegation.

s 11: Ins 1998 No 49, Sch 8 [3].