Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where a written
law confers power upon a person to delegate the exercise of any power or the
performance of any duty conferred or imposed upon him under a written
law —
(a) such
a delegation shall not preclude a person so delegating from exercising or
performing at any time a power or duty so delegated;
(b) such
a delegation may be made subject to such conditions, qualifications,
limitations or exceptions as the person so delegating may specify;
(c) if
the delegation may be made only with the approval of some person, such
delegation, and any amendment of the delegation, may be made subject to such
conditions, qualifications, limitations or exceptions as the person whose
approval is required may specify;
(d) such
a delegation may be made to a specified person or to persons of a specified
class, or may be made to the holder or holders for the time being of a
specified office or class of office;
(e) such
a delegation may be amended or revoked by instrument in writing signed by the
person so delegating;
(f) in
the case of a power conferred upon a person by reference to the term
designating an office, such a delegation shall not cease to have effect by
reason only of a change in the person lawfully acting in or performing the
functions of that office.
(2) The delegation of
a power shall be deemed to include the delegation of any duty incidental
thereto or connected therewith and the delegation of a duty shall be deemed to
include the delegation of any power incidental thereto or connected therewith.
(3) Where under a
written law an act or thing may or is required to be done to, by reference to
or in relation to, a person and that person has under a written law delegated
a relevant function conferred or imposed on him with respect to or in
consequence of the doing of that act or thing, the act or thing shall be
regarded as effectually done if done to, by reference to or in relation to the
person to whom the function has been delegated.