Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PRISONS ACT 1981 - SECT 8

8 .         Delegation by chief executive officer

        (1)         The chief executive officer may delegate to any person any power or duty of the chief executive officer under another provision of this Act other than section 9, 35, 104, 105 or 106.

        (2)         The delegation must be in writing signed by the chief executive officer.

        (3)         A person to whom a power or duty is delegated under this section cannot delegate the power or duty.

        (4)         A person exercising or performing a power or duty that has been delegated under this section, is to be taken to do so in accordance with the terms of the delegation unless the contrary is shown.

        (5)         Unless the contrary is shown, it is to be presumed that a document purporting to have been signed by a person as a delegate of the chief executive officer was signed by a person in the performance of a function that at the time was delegated to the person by the chief executive officer.

        (6)         Nothing in this section limits the ability of the chief executive officer to perform a function through an officer or agent.

        [Section 8 inserted by No. 65 of 2006 s. 8.]