Part II Australian Human Rights Commission
Division 2 Duties, functions and powers of Commission
Section 19
(aa) a member of the Commission; or
(a) a member of the staff of the Commission; or
(b) any other person or body of persons;
approved by the Commission, all or any of the powers exercisable
by the member under this Act.
(2A) Subsection (2) does not allow the President to delegate to another
member of the Commission any of the President’s powers under
Part IIB or IIC.
(2B) Subsection (2) does not allow the President to delegate any of the
President’s powers relating to:
(a) functions of the Commission under paragraphs 11(1)(f) and
11(1)(p) that are to be performed by the President because of
subsection 8(6); or
(b) functions of the Commission under paragraphs 31(b) and
31(k) that are to be performed by the President because of
subsection 8(6);
to a member of the Commission other than the Human Rights
Commissioner.
(2BA) Subsection (2) does not allow the President to delegate a power
that can be exercised by the President because of subsection 8(6A).
(2C) The requirement in subsection (2) for approval by the Commission
does not apply to a delegation by the President.
(5) Subject to any provision in the instrument of delegation, a person
to whom a power of the Commission has been delegated under
subsection (1) may, for the purposes of the exercise of that power,
exercise any power conferred on a member of the Commission by
this Act.
(6) In subsection (1), power does not include a power conferred on the
Commission by the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, the Sex
Discrimination Act 1984, the Disability Discrimination Act 1992,
or the Age Discrimination Act 2004.
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Compilation No. 48
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
Compilation date: 20/12/18
Authorised Version C2019C00030 registered 14/01/2019
Registered: 14/1/19