101Delegation

101 Delegation

101 Delegation

(1) The Chief Commissioner may delegate to any person a function of the Chief Commissioner under this Act, other than this power of delegation, a principal debt recovery function or an information gathering function.

(2) The Chief Commissioner may delegate a principal debt recovery function or information gathering function to any person employed in the Public Service.

(3) The Chief Commissioner and any person to whom a principal debt recovery function is delegated has, in the exercise of principal debt recovery functions, the same protection and immunities as an officer of a court.

(4) In this section—

information gathering function means a function of the Chief Commissioner under this Act that enables the Chief Commissioner to obtain personal information about a person.

principal debt recovery function means a function of the Chief Commissioner of—

(a) making, amending or revoking an order under this Act, or

(b) suspending or cancelling debt recovery action under this Act.