Div 1Minister and Director

Division 1—Minister and Director 8—Minister (1) The Minister has the functions and powers assigned or conferred by or under this Act. (2) If a document appears to bear the common seal of the Minister, it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the common seal of the Minister was duly affixed to the document. 9—Director (1) The office of the Director of Fisheries continues in existence. (2) The Director is a Public Service employee. 10—Delegation (1) The Minister may delegate a function or power of the Minister under this Act (other than this power of delegation) to the Director or any other person or body (including a person for the time being holding or acting in a specified office or position). (2) The Director may delegate a function or power of the Director under this Act (other than this power of delegation) to a Public Service employee (including a person for the time being holding or acting in a specified office or position). (3) A delegation under this section— (a) must be by instrument in writing; and (b) may be absolute or conditional; and (c) does not derogate from the power of the delegator to act in a matter; and (d) is revocable at will. (4) A function or power delegated under this section may, if the instrument of delegation so provides, be further delegated. (5) In legal proceedings, an apparently genuine certificate, purportedly signed by the Minister or the Director containing particulars of a delegation under this section, will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be accepted as proof that the delegation was made in accordance with the particulars.