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Public Safety Preservation Act 1986
sec.8FBTERC commander’s power to delegate
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### sec.8FB TERC commander’s power to delegate
This section applies only for a period for which the TERC commander is not acting as the TERC commander.
The TERC commander may delegate the commander’s functions under this Act, including the power to subdelegate functions, to an appropriately qualified police officer.
The power to delegate does not include the power to delegate the function to issue a terrorist emergency evacuation certificate under section 8GA (4) .
For each delegation, the TERC commander must attach to the terrorist emergency evacuation certificate a copy of a written instrument mentioned in the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 27A (3) and a statement outlining any revocation of the delegation.
Without limiting the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 27A , if a delegation is in force at the end of the terrorist emergency, the delegation ends.
In this section—
functions includes powers.
s 8FB ins 2016 No. 42 s 32
(sec.8FB-ssec.1) This section applies only for a period for which the TERC commander is not acting as the TERC commander.
(sec.8FB-ssec.2) The TERC commander may delegate the commander’s functions under this Act, including the power to subdelegate functions, to an appropriately qualified police officer.
(sec.8FB-ssec.3) The power to delegate does not include the power to delegate the function to issue a terrorist emergency evacuation certificate under section 8GA (4) .
(sec.8FB-ssec.4) For each delegation, the TERC commander must attach to the terrorist emergency evacuation certificate a copy of a written instrument mentioned in the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 27A (3) and a statement outlining any revocation of the delegation.
(sec.8FB-ssec.5) Without limiting the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 27A , if a delegation is in force at the end of the terrorist emergency, the delegation ends.
(sec.8FB-ssec.6) In this section— functions includes powers.