Resource Planning and Development Commission Amendment Act 2000

Resource Planning and Development Commission Amendment Act 2000

An Act to amend the Resource Planning and Development Commission Act 1997 and to validate certain delegations made under that Act

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1.   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Resource Planning and Development Commission Amendment Act 2000 .

2.   Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3.   Principal Act

In this Act, the Resource Planning and Development Commission Act 1997 is referred to as the Principal Act.

4.    Section 8 amended (Delegation by Commission)

Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

(3)  The power to delegate under this section is to be read as a power to delegate without limitation as to the person to whom it may be delegated.

5.   Validation of delegations

(1)  Any delegation made or purported to have been made before the commencement of this Act by the Resource Planning and Development Commission is taken to have been validly made.

(2)  A function or power performed or exercised, or purportedly performed or exercised, by a person pursuant to a delegation or purported delegation made before the commencement of this Act by the Resource Planning and Development Commission is taken to have been validly performed or exercised by that person as a delegate of the Resource Planning and Development Commission.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 25 MAY 2000

Legislative Council on 25 MAY 2000]