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LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 160

160 .         Subdelegation of power or duty delegated under s. 159

        (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.]



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