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Electricity Act 1992

Administration - Electrical Workers Registration Board

152A: Power of Registrar to delegate

You could also call this:

“The Registrar can let someone else do some of their work”

The Registrar can give some of their jobs and powers to someone who works for the government. This is called delegation. When the Registrar does this, they have to write it down. They can put rules on how the person does the job. The Registrar can also take back the job at any time by writing it down.

The Registrar can’t give away their power to delegate. This means they can’t let someone else choose who gets to do the Registrar’s jobs.

When someone is doing a job for the Registrar, they can do it just like the Registrar would. They have to follow the same rules. The Registrar is still responsible for what the person does, even if they’re doing the job for the Registrar.

If you see someone doing a job for the Registrar, you can assume they’re allowed to do it unless someone proves they’re not.

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Part 13 Administration
Electrical Workers Registration Board

152APower of Registrar to delegate

  1. The Registrar may delegate to any employee of the State services (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 2020), either generally or specifically, any of the Registrar’s functions, duties, and powers.

  2. The Registrar must not delegate the power of delegation.

  3. A delegation—

  4. must be in writing; and
    1. may be made subject to any restrictions and conditions that the Registrar thinks fit; and
      1. may be revoked in writing at any time; and
        1. does not affect or prevent the performance or exercise of a function, duty, or power by the Registrar; and
          1. does not affect the responsibility of the Registrar for the actions of a person acting under the delegation.

            1. A person to whom any functions, duties, or powers are delegated may, unless the delegation provides otherwise, perform and exercise them in the same manner, subject to the same restrictions, and with the same effect as if they had been conferred directly by this Act and not by delegation.

            2. A person who purports to act under a delegation is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, presumed to be acting in accordance with the terms of the delegation.

            Notes
            • Section 152A: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 10).