27Delegation by Secretaries of Departments

27 Delegation by Secretaries of Departments

27 Delegation by Secretaries of Departments

(1) The Secretary of a Department may delegate to any employee of the Department or of any other Public Service agency or to any statutory officer—

(a) any of the functions of the Secretary under this Act (other than this power of delegation), and

(b) any employer functions under any other Act or law that the Secretary exercises on behalf of the Government of New South Wales in relation to Public Service employees.

(2) If—

(a) a function of the Secretary of a Department is delegated to an employee or officer in accordance with subsection (1), and

(b) the instrument of delegation authorises the sub-delegation of the function,

then, subject to any conditions to which the delegation is subject, the employee or officer may sub-delegate the function to another employee of the Department or of any other Public Service agency or to a statutory officer.

(3) For the purposes of this section, the functions of the Secretary of a Department include any functions delegated to the Secretary under this Act.

(4) The government sector employment rules may limit a power of delegation or sub-delegation under this section.