Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), the Designated Authority may direct a licence holder or special purpose consent holder to do or not to do the thing specified in the direction.
(2) The direction must be in writing and is given by serving it on the holder.
(3) The Designated Authority must not give a direction of a permanent or standing nature unless the Joint Authority has approved the direction.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to the Designated Authority of an external territory offshore area.
Note: The responsible Commonwealth Minister is both the Designated Authority and the Joint Authority for an external territory offshore area.
(5) A failure to comply with subsection (3) does not affect the validity of the direction concerned.