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Radiocommunications Act 1992
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#### 238 Delegation
(1) The powers conferred on the ACMA by subsection (2), and on a Division of the ACMA by subsection (3), are in addition to the powers conferred by sections 50, 51 and 52 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.
(2) The ACMA may, by writing, delegate to an authority of the Commonwealth the ACMA’s power to issue or cancel certificates of proficiency under Division 5 of Part 3.3.
(3) If, under section 50 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005, the ACMA has delegated the power referred to in subsection (2) to a Division of the ACMA, the following provisions have effect:
(a) the Division may delegate the power to an authority of the Commonwealth;
(b) subsections 52(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 have effect as if the delegation by the Division were a delegation under section 52 of that Act.
(4) If:
(a) a power of the ACMA is delegated to an authority of the Commonwealth under subsection (2) or (3); and
(b) the authority is established under an Act that permits the authority’s powers under that Act to be delegated to another person or body;
the power of the ACMA in question may be further delegated under that Act as if it were one of the authority’s powers under that Act.