Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may, by signed instrument, delegate any or all of his or her powers or functions to which subsection (2) applies to:
(a) the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority; or
(b) the Chief Executive Officer of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority; or
(c) a member of the staff of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), this subsection applies to a power or function if:
(a) the exercise of the power or performance of the function relates (including in a way described in subsection 7(1A) of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 ) to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; or
(b) the exercise of the power or performance of the function is incidental to a matter that relates (including in a way described in subsection 7(1A) of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 ) to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Note: If a power or function is delegated to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority under this section, the Authority may sub - delegate the power or function under section 47 of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 .
(3) Despite subsection (1), the Minister must not delegate under that subsection a power or function under Part 17 (Enforcement) to a person mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) unless the person:
(a) is an SES employee or an acting SES employee; or
(b) holds, or is acting in, an Executive Level 1 or 2, or equivalent, position.
(4) In exercising a power or performing a function under a delegation, the delegate must comply with any directions of the Minister.
(5) This section does not limit the Minister's power of delegation under section 515.