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Crown Entities Act 2004

Establishment and governance of Crown entities - Statutory entities - Delegation

73: Ability to delegate

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"When a board can give tasks or powers to others"

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You can be given some tasks or powers by the board of a statutory entity. The board can give you these tasks if you are a member, an employee, or a committee. They can also give tasks to someone the Minister approves. The board cannot give away some tasks, like those that are not allowed to be delegated. They also cannot give away tasks that are meant to be independent. The board is not allowed to give someone the power to delegate tasks to others. You can find more information by looking at the relevant laws and other laws that talk about this.

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Part 2Establishment and governance of Crown entities
Statutory entities: Delegation

73Ability to delegate

  1. The board of a statutory entity may delegate any of the functions or powers of the entity or the board, either generally or specifically, to any of the following persons by resolution and written notice to the person or persons:

  2. a member or members:
    1. the chief executive or any other employee or employees, or office holder or holders, of the entity:
      1. a committee:
        1. any other person or persons approved by the entity's responsible Minister:
          1. any class of persons comprised of any of the persons listed in paragraphs (a) to (d):
            1. a Crown entity subsidiary of the statutory entity.

              1. Subsection (1) does not apply to any functions or powers specified in the entity's Act as not being capable of delegation.

              2. Subsection (1)(f) does not apply to any of the statutory entity's statutorily independent functions.

              3. The board must not delegate the general power of delegation.

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