(1) WorkCover WA may
enter into an arrangement (an agency arrangement ) by contract or otherwise
for the appointment of a person to act as agent for WorkCover WA in connection
with the performance of any functions of WorkCover WA under this Part.
(2) An agent is, in
the performance of functions under an agency arrangement, subject to the
direction and control of WorkCover WA as provided by the terms of the
agency arrangement.
(3) For the purposes
of section 534, the exercise or purported exercise of a function of
WorkCover WA under this Part by a person as agent of WorkCover WA under an
agency arrangement is taken to be the exercise or purported exercise by the
person of a function under this Part if done within the scope of the
agent’s actual authority to act.