Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00559:clause:1_11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00559
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 11
Character Range: 54253–56163

11  Delegation
 (1) The National Regulator may, by writing, delegate one or more of the National Regulator's powers or functions under this Law to one or more of the following:
 (a) an officer or employee of an agency of the Commonwealth;
 (b) an officer or employee of an agency of a State or the Northern Territory.
 (2) A delegate of the National Regulator is subject to the National Regulator's directions in the exercise of delegated powers and the performance of delegated functions.
 (3) A person (the delegate) to whom a power or function is delegated under subsection (1) may, by writing, sub‑delegate that power or function to an officer or employee (the sub‑delegate) of:
 (a) if the delegate is an officer or employee of an agency of the Commonwealth—that agency; or
 (b) if the delegate is an officer or employee of an agency of a State—an agency of that State; or
 (c) if the delegate is an officer or employee of an agency of the Northern Territory—an agency of the Northern Territory.
 (4) A sub‑delegate is subject to the directions of the delegate in the exercise of delegated powers and the performance of delegated functions.
 (5) If the delegate is subject to a direction by the National Regulator in relation to the performance of the function or the exercise of the power sub‑delegated under subsection (3), the delegate must give a corresponding direction to the sub‑delegate.
 (6) Sections 34AA, 34AB and 34A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 of the Commonwealth apply to a sub‑delegation in the same way as they apply to a delegation.
 (7) The National Regulator must not delegate a power or function under subsection (1) to an officer or employee of an agency of a State or the Northern Territory without the agreement of the State or the Northern Territory, as the case requires.

Part 3—General safety duties relating to domestic commercial vessels

Division 1—Duties of owners