Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The ACMA may, by writing, delegate any or all of the powers conferred on the ACMA by the numbering plan to a body corporate.
(2) If, under section 50 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 , the ACMA has delegated a power referred to in subsection (1) to a Division of the ACMA:
(a) the Division may delegate the power to a body corporate; and
(b) subsections 52(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 have effect as if the delegation by the Division were a delegation under section 52 of that Act.
(3) The delegate is, in the exercise of a delegated power, subject to the written directions of:
(a) the ACMA, if the delegation to the delegate was under subsection (1); or
(b) the Division that delegated the power, if the delegation to the delegate was under subsection (2).
(4) Before giving a direction under subsection (3), the ACMA or the Division (as the case requires) must consult the ACCC.
(5) The powers conferred on the ACMA by subsection (1), and on a Division of the ACMA by subsection (2), are in addition to the powers conferred by sections 50, 51 and 52 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 .