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Electricity Act 1992

Administration - Electrical Workers Registration Board

152: Power of Board to delegate to Registrar

You could also call this:

“The Board can let the Registrar do some of its work”

The Electrical Workers Registration Board can give some of its jobs and powers to the Registrar. This means the Registrar can do these things for the Board.

However, the Board can’t give the Registrar any jobs or powers that are in Part 11 of the law.

When the Registrar does something the Board has given them permission to do, they can do it just like the Board would. The Board can give the Registrar instructions on how to do these jobs.

If the Registrar says they are doing something for the Board, people should believe them unless there’s proof that they’re not allowed to do it.

The Board can take back any job or power they’ve given to the Registrar whenever they want. Even if the Board gives a job to the Registrar, the Board can still do that job themselves if they want to.

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Part 13 Administration
Electrical Workers Registration Board

152Power of Board to delegate to Registrar

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Board may from time to time delegate any of its functions and powers to the Registrar.

  2. No delegation under this section shall include—

    1. any function or power conferred or imposed on the Board by or under Part 11.

      1. Subject to any general or special directions given or conditions imposed by the Board, the Registrar may, without confirmation by the Board, exercise or perform the delegated powers or functions in the same manner and with the same effect as the Board could itself have exercised or performed them.

      2. Where the Registrar purports to act pursuant to any such delegation, he or she shall be presumed to be acting in accordance with the terms of the delegation in the absence of proof to the contrary.

      3. Every such delegation shall be revocable at will, and no such delegation shall prevent the exercise or performance of any power or function by the Board.

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      • 1979 No 139 s 13
      Notes
      • Section 152 heading: replaced, on , by section 5(1) of the Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 10).
      • Section 152(2)(a): repealed, on , by section 5(2) of the Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 10).