Mental Health Act 2007
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107 Delegation
107 Delegation
(1) The Secretary may delegate the exercise of any function of the Secretary under this Act or the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (other than this power of delegation) to—
(a) any person employed in the Ministry of Health, or
(b) any member of staff of the NSW Health Service, or
(c) any person, or any class of persons, authorised for the purposes of this section by the regulations.
(2) A delegate may sub-delegate to a person referred to in subsection (1) (a) or (b) if the delegate is authorised in writing to do so by the Secretary.
s 107: Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2 [28]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.60 [1]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[9].