(1)  The following functions of the superintendent of a treatment centre may be exercised on his or her behalf by a medical practitioner employed at the centre:

(a) the receipt of an admission application under section 23(6) of the Act;

(b) the detention of a patient in a treatment centre under section 26(2) of the Act.

(2)  The following functions of the superintendent of a treatment centre in relation to a patient liable to be detained in that centre may be exercised on his behalf by the responsible medical officer:

(a) the giving of a direction in writing under section 44(1) of the Act directing that the patient be transferred to another treatment centre;

(b) the authorisation under section 44(2) of the Act of a person to convey the patient to the treatment centre to which the patient is directed to be transferred.

(3)  It is prescribed as a condition subject to which a function of the superintendent of a treatment centre may be exercised by another person that the authority for the exercise of that function must be in writing and signed by the superintendent.