New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) The Commission may from time to time, in respect of a specified matter or class of matters and subject to such conditions and restrictions as it thinks fit, by writing delegate any of its functions and powers to a committee, member, or officer of the Commission.
(2) The Commission shall keep at its office a copy of every instrument by which a delegation under subsection (1) of this section is effected, and shall permit any person to inspect that copy.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the Commission shall not delegate the following powers:
(a) The power of delegation conferred by that subsection; or
(b) Any power to borrow money; or
(c) The power to make, alter, or rescind rules conferred by section 20 of this Act; or
(d) The power conferred by section 17(2)(j) of this Act to act as a trustee or co-trustee of any fund, except to a committee consisting wholly of members of the Commission.
(4) Any delegation under this section to a person may be made to—
(a) A specified person; or
(b) A person of a specified class; or
(c) The holder for the time being of a specified office or appointment; or
(d) The holders for the time being of offices or appointments of a specified class.
(5) Subject to any general or special directions given or conditions or restrictions imposed by the Commission, the committee or person to whom any functions and powers are delegated may perform and exercise them in the same manner and with the same effect as if they had been conferred directly by this Act and not by delegation.
(6) Where the Commission or any delegate of the Commission uses a written document to inform any other person of action taken by a delegate of the Commission, that written document shall—
(a) State that the action was taken by a delegate of the Commission; and
(b) Give the delegate's name and office or the name of the committee which took action pursuant to the delegation, as the case may be; and
(c) Inform that other person that a copy of the instrument of delegation may be inspected at the Commission's office.
(7) Every delegation under this section shall be revocable at will, but any such revocation shall not take effect until it has been communicated to the delegate.
(8) A delegation under this section shall not prevent the performance or exercise of any function or power by the Commission.
(9) Until any such delegation is revoked, it shall continue in force according to its tenor notwithstanding any change in the membership of the Commission or of any committee.
This Act was repealed as from 1 January 2003, by section 63 Sport and Recreation New Zealand Act 2002 (2002 No 38). See clause 2 Sport and Recreation New Zealand Act Commencement Order 2002 (SR 2002/376).
