(1) The Independent National Security Legislation Monitor may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, engage persons to assist in the performance of any of the Monitor's functions, or the exercise of the Monitor's powers.
(2) The persons are to be engaged on the terms and conditions that the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor determines in writing.
(3) When performing services for the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, a person engaged under subsection (1) is subject to the directions of the Monitor.
(4) The Independent National Security Legislation Monitor may, in writing, delegate the Monitor's power under subsection (1) to a member of the staff of the Monitor who is:
(a) classified as an Executive Level 2 or equivalent or higher; or
(b) acting in a position usually occupied by a person with a classification level of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a).
(5) In exercising the power delegated under subsection (4), the delegate is subject to the directions of the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor.