110Delegation by Minister

110 Delegation by Minister

110 Delegation by Minister

(1) The Minister may delegate the exercise of any function of the Minister under this Act or the regulations (other than an excluded function) to—

(a) the Secretary, or any other member of staff, of the Department, or

(b) a public authority, or

(c) any person, or any class of persons, authorised for the purposes of this section by the regulations.

(2) Each of the following functions of the Minister is an excluded function—

(a) a function under section 16 (Contravention of operating licence),

(b) the function of giving a direction under section 22 (Direction to enter into certain memoranda of understanding),

(c) the function of making an order under section 28 (Transfer of specified assets, rights and liabilities),

(d) the function of appointing persons under section 41 (Catchment health indicators),

(e) the function of appointing auditors under section 42 (Catchment audits),

(f) the function of giving a direction to IPART under section 57 (Operational and other audits),

(g) the power of delegation under subsection (1).

(3) In this section, the Minister includes the portfolio Minister.