21Delegation

21 Delegation

21 Delegation

(1) The Minister may delegate the exercise of any function of the Minister under this Act (other than this power of delegation) to—

(a) the Secretary, or

(b) a person employed in the Department, or

(c) a board of management, or

(c1) a state conservation area trust or a regional park trust, or

(c2) the CEO of the Environment Protection Authority, or

(c3) a member of staff of the Environment Protection Authority, or

(d) any person, or any class of persons, authorised for the purposes of this subsection by the regulations.

(2) The Secretary may delegate the exercise of any function of the Secretary under this Act (other than this power of delegation) to—

(a) a person employed in the Department, or

(b) a board of management, or

(b1) the CEO of the Environment Protection Authority, or

(b2) a member of staff of the Environment Protection Authority, or

(c) any person, or any class of persons, authorised for the purposes of this subsection by the regulations.

(3) The power to delegate under subsection (1) or (2) extends to the following functions of the Minister or the Secretary, as the case may be—

(a) functions conferred or imposed by Acts that substantially provide for the reservation of land under this Act, or the vesting of land in the Minister for the purposes of Part 11 (for example, the Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area Act 2005, the National Park Estate (Reservations) Act 2002 and the National Park Estate (Southern Region Reservations) Act 2000),

(b) functions conferred or imposed by Acts, that are exercisable—

(i) by the Minister as owner or occupier of land, being land acquired, or the subject of other dealings, by the Minister (whether on behalf of Her Majesty or on the Minister’s own behalf) under Part 11, or