(1) The Minister may
delegate any power or function vested in or conferred on the Minister—
(a)
under this Act; or
(b)
under any other Act prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
subsection.
(1a) The Treasurer may
delegate any power or function vested in or conferred on the Treasurer under
this Act.
(2)
The Director of Mines may delegate any power or function vested in or
conferred on the Director of Mines—
(a)
under this Act; or
(b)
under any other Act.
(2a) If the terms of
an instrument of delegation allow for subdelegation, the delegate may
subdelegate the power or function in accordance with the instrument (and a
reference in this section to a delegation will then extend to any such
subdelegation).
(3) A delegation under
this section—
(a) may
be absolute or conditional; and
(b) may
be made—
(i)
to a specified person or body; or
(ii)
to a person for the time being holding or acting in a
specified office or position; and
(c) does
not derogate from the power of the delegator to act in any matter; and
(d) is
revocable at will by the delegator.
(4) In any legal
proceedings an apparently genuine certificate, purportedly signed by the
Minister or the Director, containing particulars of a delegation under this
section, will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be accepted as proof
that the delegation was made in accordance with the particulars.