Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Commissioner
may delegate any power or duty of the Commissioner under another provision of
this Act to —
(a) a
Deputy Commissioner;
(b) an
Examiner of Titles;
(c) any
other member of the Authority’s staff who is a lawyer.
(2) The delegation
must be in writing signed by the Commissioner.
(3) A person to whom a
power or duty is delegated under this section cannot delegate that power or
duty.
(4) A person
exercising or performing a power or duty that has been delegated to the person
under this section is to be taken to do so in accordance with the terms of the
delegation unless the contrary is shown.
(5) Nothing in this
section limits the ability of the Commissioner to perform a function through
an officer or agent.
(6) A delegation to a
Deputy Commissioner that the Commissioner made before the repeal effected by
the Land Information Authority Act 2006 section 105(3) becomes, when
section 112 of that Act inserts this section, of the same effect as if the
Commissioner had made the delegation under this section.
[Section 15 inserted: No. 60 of 2006 s. 112;
amended: No. 21 of 2008 s. 711(7); No. 9 of 2022 s. 424.]