(1) A Minister or body
to whom a power or duty has been delegated under section 159 may, either
generally or as otherwise provided by the notice concerned, by notice
published in the Gazette delegate —
(a) in
the case of the Minister referred to in section 159(a), to the chief executive
officer of the Department principally assisting that Minister in the
administration of the Public Works Act 1902 or to any other officer of that
Department;
(b) in
the case of the Minister referred to in section 159(b), to the Commissioner
within the meaning of the Main Roads Act 1930 or to any officer of that
Commissioner;
(c) in
the case of the Minister referred to in section 159(c), to a body established
by section 4(1) of the Electricity Corporations Act 2005 , namely —
(i)
the Electricity Networks Corporation; and
(ii)
the Regional Power Corporation,
or to an officer of
such a body;
[(d) deleted]
(da) in
the case of the DBNGP Land Access Minister established by section 29(1) of the
Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Act 1997 , to the chief executive officer of the
department principally assisting the DBNGP Land Access Minister in the
administration of Part 4 of that Act or to any other officer of that
department;
(db) in
the case of the Minister referred to in section 159(db), to the Authority
within the meaning of the Government Railways Act 1904 or to any officer of
the Authority within the meaning of that Act;
(e) in
the case of the Minister referred to in section 159(e), to the CEO within the
meaning of the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 or to any officer of the
Department within the meaning of that Act;
(ea) in
the case of the Minister referred to in section 159(ea), to the chief
executive officer of the Department principally assisting the Minister in the
administration of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 or to any other officer of
that Department;
(eb) in
the case of the Minister referred to in section 159(eb), to the holder of a
licence granted under the Water Services Act 2012 section 11 or to any
officer or employee of the holder of the licence;
(f) in
the case of the Minister referred to in section 159(f), to the chief executive
officer of the Department principally assisting that Minister in the
administration of the Marine and Harbours Act 1981 or to any other officer of
that Department;
(g) in
the case of the Minister referred to in section 159(g), to the chief executive
officer of the Department principally assisting that Minister in the
administration of the Financial Management Act 2006 or to any other officer of
that Department,
the whole or any part
of the power or duty.
(2) A Minister or body
who exercises the power of delegation conferred on them by subsection (1),
must as soon as is practicable transmit to the Minister a copy of the notice
by which that power was exercised.
[Section 160 amended: No. 53 of 1997 s. 52; No. 58
of 1999 s. 104(b); No. 13 of 2000 s. 99; No. 24 of 2000 s. 14(13) and 20(2);
No. 59 of 2000 s. 42; No. 31 of 2003 s. 150(3); No. 60 of 2003 s. 100; No. 18
of 2005 s. 139; No. 25 of 2005 s. 35; No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 93(7); No. 38
of 2007 s. 196; No. 46 of 2009 s. 17; No. 25 of 2012 s. 220(3); No. 4 of 2023
s. 92.]