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78 Delegation and discretionary authority
A local law may—
(a) confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified person or body or a specified class of persons or bodies; and
(b) leave any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied, dispensed with or regulated by the Council; and
(c) delegate to the Chief Executive Officer any power specified in the local law; and
(d) authorise the Chief Executive Officer to delegate a power referred to in paragraph (c) to the holder of an office or position as a member of Council staff.