Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994

Miscellaneous provisions - Delegations

71: Revocation of delegations

You could also call this:

"Stopping a job that was given to you by someone in charge"

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If you are given a job to do by someone in charge, this is called a delegation. You can be told to stop doing this job at any time, and this must be done in writing. When you are given a job to do, you keep doing it until you are told to stop, even if the person who gave you the job is no longer in charge. The person who takes over the job of the person who gave you the task can still tell you what to do, as if they were the one who originally gave you the job, and this is according to what is stated in section 68(4) or (5).

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Delegations

71Revocation of delegations

Every delegation under section 68(4) or (5) shall be revocable in writing at will.
Any such delegation, until it is revoked, shall continue in force according to its tenor, notwithstanding that the person by whom the delegation was made may have ceased to hold office, and shall continue to have effect as if made by the successor in office of the person by whom the delegation was made.

Compare

1993 No 28 s 123

Notes

Section 71(1): amended (with effect on 25 January 2005), on 20 September 2007, by section 7 of the Health and Disability Commissioner Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 62).
Section 71(1): amended, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).