Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03231:schedule:1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03231
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 2/23)
Character Range: 223324–226021

from Australia,
so agree, a meeting, or a part of a meeting, of that Division may be held by means of any of, or by means of a combination of any 2 or more of, the following methods of communication:
     (c) telephone;
     (d) closed-circuit television;
     (e) a method or methods of communication approved by that Division for the purposes of that meeting.
"(4b) All the members of a particular Division of the Commission who take part in a meeting held as mentioned in sub-section (4a) shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to have been present at the meeting, notwithstanding that they were not all present at the same place at the time when the meeting was so held.".

Engagement of consultants
160. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) ", with the approval of the Public Service Board,".

Proceedings at hearings
161. Section 38 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) "relevant";
     (b) by omitting from paragraph (1) (d) "and"; and

     (c) by omitting paragraph (1) (e) and substituting the following paragraphs:
         "(e) except in the case of a hearing before a Division of the Commission—the provisions of section 20 (other than sub-sections 20 (3a) and (3b)) apply, so far as they are capable of application, as if the hearing were a meeting of the Commission; and
     (f) in the case of a hearing before a Division of the Commission—the provisions of section 20 (other than sub-sections 20 (3a) and (3b)) and of section 21 (other than sub-sections 21 (4a) and (4b)) apply, so far as they are capable of application, as if the hearing were a meeting of that Division.".

Delegation by Commission
162. Section 45 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:
    "(1a) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (1), the Commission may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing under its common seal, delegate to a member or acting member all or any—
         (a) powers of the Commission under Part VI; or
         (b) powers that relate to the holding of hearings and that are conferred, or expressed to be conferred, on the Commission by or under a State Act (other than powers the delegation of which is prohibited by the State Act concerned).";
     (b) by inserting after sub-section (6) the following sub-section:
    "(6a) Any act or thing done in the exercise of a power by a person to whom that power has been delegated by the Commission under sub-section (1a) shall be deemed to have been done by the Commission.";
     (c) by inserting in sub-sections (7), (8), (10)