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Arms Bill

Administration - Arms Regulator

306: Delegation of functions, duties, and powers of chief executive of Arms Regulator

You could also call this:

"The chief executive of the Arms Regulator can pass on some of their tasks to other police staff."

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The proposed law says the chief executive of the Arms Regulator can give some of their jobs to other employees of the New Zealand Police. You need to know that these employees cannot be constables. The chief executive must make sure someone can do their job if they are away or cannot work. The chief executive can let someone they have given jobs to give those jobs to another employee of the New Zealand Police. You can do the jobs you are given in the same way as the chief executive. However, you must follow any directions the chief executive gives you. If someone says they are doing a job because the chief executive gave it to them, you can assume they are telling the truth. The chief executive can give jobs to a specific person or to someone who has a specific job. The chief executive is still responsible for everything, even if they give some jobs to someone else.

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Part 7Administration
Arms Regulator

306Delegation of functions, duties, and powers of chief executive of Arms Regulator

  1. The chief executive—

  2. may, either generally or particularly, delegate in writing to any employee of the New Zealand Police who is not a constable any of the functions, duties, and powers of the chief executive, including functions, duties, and powers delegated to the chief executive under any legislation:
    1. must ensure that an appropriate delegation is at all times in place under this section to enable a person to act in place of the chief executive during any absence or incapacity of the chief executive or during any vacancy in the office of the chief executive.

      1. A person to whom any functions, duties, or powers are delegated may, with the prior approval of the chief executive in writing, subdelegate those functions, duties, or powers to any employee of the New Zealand Police who is not a constable.

      2. A person to whom any functions, duties, or powers are delegated or subdelegated may perform those functions or duties, or exercise those powers, in the same manner and with the same effect as if they had been conferred on that person directly by this Act and not by delegation or subdelegation.

      3. Subsection (3) is subject to any general or special directions given or conditions imposed by the chief executive.

      4. A person purporting to act under a delegation or subdelegation is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, presumed to be acting in accordance with the terms of the delegation or subdelegation.

      5. A delegation or subdelegation may be made to—

      6. a specified person or persons of a specified class; or
        1. the holder or holders for the time being of a specified position, or of a specified class of positions.

          1. No delegation or subdelegation affects or prevents the performance or exercise of any function, responsibility, duty, or power by the chief executive, or affects the responsibility of the chief executive for the actions of any person acting under the delegation or subdelegation.