Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 110 of 1976 - SECT 6

6. Section 12 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section
substituted:- Delegation by Council.
''12. (1) Subject to any direction of the Minister, the Council may, by
resolution, either generally or as otherwise provided by the resolution,
delegate to a member of the Council, a committee of the Council or a member of
the staff of the School any of its powers under this Act, other than this
power of delegation.

''(2) A power so delegated, when exercised by the delegate, shall, for the
purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been exercised by the Council.

''(3) A delegation of a power under this section-

   (a)  may be revoked by resolution of the Council (whether or not
        constituted by the persons constituting the Council at the time the
        power was delegated);

   (b)  does not prevent the exercise of the power by the Council; and

   (c)  continues in force notwithstanding a change in the membership of the
        Council.

''(4) Section 34A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 applies in relation to a
delegation under this section as if the Council were a person.

''(5) A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Council stating any matter
with respect to a delegation of a power under this section is prima facie
evidence of that matter.

''(6) A document purporting to be a certificate mentioned in sub-section (5)
shall, unless the contrary is established, be deemed to be such a certificate
and to have been duly given.''.