Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970
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3A Delegation
[Section 3A Inserted by No. 38 of 2017, s. 6, Applied:03 Dec 2018]
(1) A police officer may delegate any of his or her functions or powers under this Act, other than his or her functions as an approved operator, to any other police officer.
(2) An approved analyst may delegate any of his or her functions or powers under this Act to –
(a) any other approved analyst; or
(b) a person who is qualified to perform the function or exercise the power and is doing so under the supervision of an approved analyst.
(3) A police officer, or approved analyst, may delegate a function or power under this section in relation to a matter regardless of whether he or she has performed a previous function, or exercised a previous power, in respect of the same matter.