Maritime Safety Queensland Act 2002
sec.11ADelegation of functions of general manager
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sec.11A Delegation of functions of general manager
The general manager may delegate to an appropriate person (the delegate ) a function of the general manager under this or another Act. The delegation may permit the delegate to subdelegate the delegated function to an appropriate person. Proof of a delegation by the general manager under subsection (1) is not required in a proceeding under the Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995 or the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 unless the defendant gives the entity responsible for prosecuting the proceeding a notice of intention to challenge the delegation at least 10 business days before the hearing date. The notice must be in the form approved by the general manager. This section applies despite a provision to the contrary in an Act. In this section— appropriate person means any of the following— an employee of MSQ; an authorised officer under the Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995 ; a shipping inspector under TOMSA . function includes a power. s 11A ins 2006 No. 21 s 7 amd 2016 No. 3 s 76 sch 1 ; 2018 No. 20 s 13 (sec.11A-ssec.1) The general manager may delegate to an appropriate person (the delegate ) a function of the general manager under this or another Act. (sec.11A-ssec.2) The delegation may permit the delegate to subdelegate the delegated function to an appropriate person. (sec.11A-ssec.3) Proof of a delegation by the general manager under subsection (1) is not required in a proceeding under the Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995 or the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 unless the defendant gives the entity responsible for prosecuting the proceeding a notice of intention to challenge the delegation at least 10 business days before the hearing date. (sec.11A-ssec.4) The notice must be in the form approved by the general manager. (sec.11A-ssec.5) This section applies despite a provision to the contrary in an Act. (sec.11A-ssec.6) In this section— appropriate person means any of the following— an employee of MSQ; an authorised officer under the Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995 ; a shipping inspector under TOMSA . function includes a power.
- (a) an employee of MSQ;
- (b) an authorised officer under the Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995 ;
- (c) a shipping inspector under TOMSA .