Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Registrar may, in writing, delegate all or any of the Registrar's powers or functions under this Act to an officer or employee of the Department or the Human Services Department.
(1A) The Registrar may, in writing, delegate all or any of his or her powers or functions under this Act to the Chief Executive Centrelink.
(1B) Without limiting subsection (1) or (1A), the Registrar may, in writing, delegate all or any of his or her powers or functions under this Act to a person engaged (whether as an employee or otherwise) by:
(b) an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999 ); or
(c) another authority of the Commonwealth; or
(d) an organisation that performs services for the Commonwealth.
(1C) Any information provided to a person as a result of a delegation by the Registrar under subsection (1B) must be retained, processed and stored in Australia at all times and must not in any way be transmitted outside Australia.
(2) A delegation may be made subject to a power of review and alteration by the Registrar, within a period specified in the instrument of delegation, of acts done under the delegation.
(3) A delegation continues in force even though there has been a
change in the occupancy of, or there is a vacancy in, the office of Registrar,
but, for the purposes of the application of subsection 33(3) of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 in relation to such a delegation, nothing in any
law shall be taken to preclude the revocation or variation of the delegation
by the same or a subsequent holder of the office.