Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00832:section:3a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00832
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3A
Character Range: 11581–12548

3A  Directions by Secretary of the Social Services Department
 (1) If:
 (a) the Secretary of the Social Services Department delegates to:
 (i) the Chief Executive Centrelink; or
 (ii) a Departmental employee (within the meaning of the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997);
  all or any of that Secretary's powers under an Act; and
 (b) as a result of the delegation it is not appropriate for that Department to be an assistance agency within the meaning of this Act;
that Secretary may, by legislative instrument, direct that despite subsection 3(1), while the direction remains in force, that Department is not taken to be an assistance agency.
 (2) A direction has effect according to its terms.
 (3) A direction comes into force on the first moment of the day next following the day when it is registered in the Federal Register of Legislation under the Legislation Act 2003, or on such later day as is specified in it, and remains in force until it is revoked.