Employment Permits Act 2006

Delegation of functions.

36.— (1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister of the Government concerned, delegate the performance of functions under any or all of sections 6 to 13 , 16 , 17 and 20 in a specified class of cases to an officer, of a specified class, of another Minister of the Government.

(2) Functions so delegated shall be performable by such an officer accordingly.

(3) If such a delegation is made of functions under section 13 or 17 , the reference in that section to an officer of the Minister appointed by the Minister for the purpose of carrying out the review shall, in relation to any performance of the function the subject of the delegation, be construed as a reference to the officer of the Minister of the Government concerned appointed by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for the purpose of carrying out the review.

(4) Subsection (1) shall not be construed as affecting the application to this Act of the general law concerning the imputing of acts of an officer of a Minister of the Government to the Minister of the Government.

(5) In this section “ specified ” means specified in the delegation concerned.