71Delegation

71 Delegation

71 Delegation

(1) The Minister may delegate a function of the Minister under this Act, other than this power of delegation, to any person.

(2) The infrastructure planner may delegate its functions, other than this power of delegation, to any person.

(3) The consumer trustee, the financial trustee and the regulator may delegate any of their functions, other than this power of delegation, to a person of a class prescribed by the regulations.

(4) The Secretary may, when exercising a function of the energy security target monitor under section 59(2) or the consumer trustee under section 60(2), delegate the function to an employee of the Department.

(5) The Secretary may subdelegate a function delegated to the Secretary by the Minister under subsection (1) to an authorised person, unless the Minister otherwise provides in the instrument of delegation to the Secretary.

(6) The Secretary may delegate the Secretary’s functions under this Act, other than this power of delegation, to an authorised person.

(7) In this section—

authorised person means—

(a) an employee of the Department, or

(b) a person, or a person of a class, prescribed by the regulations.

s 71: Am 2023 No 49, Sch 1[11]; 2025 No 80, Sch 1[43].