(1) The * Secretary may, in writing, delegate to an APS employee all or any of the powers of the Secretary under this Act, the regulations or any Guidelines made under section 238 - 10.
(2) The * Secretary may, in writing, delegate to a * review officer of a higher education provider the Secretary's powers under Division 209 to reconsider * reviewable decisions made by the provider:
(a) under subsection 36 - 12(2) or 36 - 20(1); or
(b) relating to Chapter 3.
(2A) The * Secretary may, in writing, delegate to a * review officer of * Open Universities Australia the Secretary's powers under Division 209 to reconsider * reviewable decisions made by Open Universities Australia relating to Chapter 3.
(2B) A review officer of * Open Universities Australia is a person, or a person included in a class of persons, whom:
(a) the chief executive officer of Open Universities Australia; or
(b) a delegate of the chief executive officer of Open Universities Australia;
has appointed to be a review officer of Open Universities Australia for the purposes of reviewing decisions made by it relating to assistance under Chapter 3.
(3) In exercising powers under the delegation, the delegate must comply with any directions of the * Secretary.