Foreign Ownership of Land Register Act 1988
sec.15Delegations by registrar
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sec.15 Delegations by registrar
The registrar may delegate the registrar’s powers under this Act to an appropriately qualified public service employee employed in the department. Also, the registrar may delegate the registrar’s functions under this Act to the titles registry operator. If a function of the registrar is delegated to the titles registry operator, the titles registry operator must subdelegate the function to an appropriately qualified employee of the titles registry operator. The titles registry operator may impose conditions on a subdelegation under subsection (3) that are not inconsistent with any conditions to which the delegation to the titles registry operator is subject. In this section— function includes power. s 15 sub 1992 No. 64 s 3 sch 1 ; 2021 No. 12 s 58 (sec.15-ssec.1) The registrar may delegate the registrar’s powers under this Act to an appropriately qualified public service employee employed in the department. (sec.15-ssec.2) Also, the registrar may delegate the registrar’s functions under this Act to the titles registry operator. (sec.15-ssec.3) If a function of the registrar is delegated to the titles registry operator, the titles registry operator must subdelegate the function to an appropriately qualified employee of the titles registry operator. (sec.15-ssec.4) The titles registry operator may impose conditions on a subdelegation under subsection (3) that are not inconsistent with any conditions to which the delegation to the titles registry operator is subject. (sec.15-ssec.5) In this section— function includes power.