53Directions

53 Directions

(1) The Treasurer and the Minister, acting jointly, may from time to time, by written notice to the Administrator, give such directions to the Administrator as the Treasurer or Minister think fit.

(2) The Administrator must comply with a direction given under this section but an act or decision of the Administrator is not invalid merely because of a failure to comply with such a direction.

(3) The Administrator must keep a copy of each direction given under this section available for inspection at the office of the Administrator during business hours, other than any direction, or part of a direction, that the Treasurer and the Minister have declared to be confidential.

S. 53(4) repealed by No. 11/2024 s. 41.

(5) A notice containing a direction given under this section is an exempt document for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

S. 54 amended by Nos 53/1994 s. 15(2), 110/1994 ss 12(b), 33(2), repealed by No. 79/1995 s. 9.

Pt 4 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 55–61) amended by Nos 53/1994 s. 15(3), 110/1994 ss 12(c), 33(2), substituted as Pt 4 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 55–61M) by No. 8/1996 s. 11, amended by No. 46/1998
s. 7(Sch. 1), repealed by No. 25/1998
s. 165(4).