89Delegation of Minister’s functions

89 Delegation of Minister’s functions

89 Delegation of Minister’s functions

(1) The Minister may delegate the exercise of a function of the Minister under this Act, other than this power of delegation, to an authorised person.

(2) A person to whom the exercise of a function is delegated under subsection (1) may subdelegate the exercise of the function to another authorised person if authorised by the Authority to subdelegate the exercise of the function.

(3) In this section—

authorised person means—

(a) a member of staff of the Authority, or

(b) a person employed in the Department in which this Act is administered, or

(c) a public authority or a member of staff of a public authority, or

(d) a local council or a member of staff of a local council, or

(e) a person, or a class of persons, authorised for this section by the regulations.