Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 1986 - SECT 22A

             (1)  A committee may, by resolution, delegate to a member of the committee or to a member of the staff assisting the committee all or any of its functions and powers (including a function or power delegated to the committee by the Board under subsection 21(2), despite paragraph 34AB(1)(b) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 ).

          (1A)  However, a committee must not delegate a function or power that:

                     (a)  is referred to in paragraph 21(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f); and

                     (b)  was delegated to the committee by the Board under subsection 21(2).

             (2)  A delegation of a function or power under this section:

                     (a)  may be revoked by a resolution of the committee (whether or not constituted by the persons constituting the committee when the function or power was delegated); and

                     (b)  continues in force notwithstanding a change in the membership of the committee.

             (3)  A certificate signed by the Chairperson of a committee stating any matter with respect to a delegation of a function or power under this section is evidence of that matter unless evidence to the contrary is given.

             (4)  A document purporting to be a certificate mentioned in subsection (3) shall, unless the contrary is established, be taken to be such a certificate and to have been duly given.