Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1992 - SECT 238

             (1)  The powers conferred on the ACMA by subsection (2), and on a Division of the ACMA by subsection (3), are in addition to the powers conferred by sections 50, 51 and 52 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 .

             (2)  The ACMA may, by writing, delegate to an authority of the Commonwealth the ACMA's power to issue or cancel certificates of proficiency under Division 5 of Part 3.3 or to make standards under Part 4.1.

             (3)  If, under section 50 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 , the ACMA has delegated the power referred to in subsection (2) to a Division of the ACMA, the following provisions have effect:

                     (a)  the Division may delegate the power to an authority of the Commonwealth;

                     (b)  subsections 52(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 have effect as if the delegation by the Division were a delegation under section 52 of that Act.

             (4)  If:

                     (a)  a power of the ACMA is delegated to an authority of the Commonwealth under subsection (2) or (3); and

                     (b)  the authority is established under an Act that permits the authority's powers under that Act to be delegated to another person or body;

the power of the ACMA in question may be further delegated under that Act as if it were one of the authority's powers under that Act.