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Delegation by chief executive officer.
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16.—(1) The chief executive officer of a vocational education committee may delegate any function performable by him or her to a member of staff of the vocational education committee, subject to any directions that may be given by the Minister.
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(2) Where a delegation to a member of staff is made under this section—
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(a) the member of staff shall perform the function concerned under the general direction and control of the chief executive officer,
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(b) the member of staff shall perform the function concerned in accordance with any limitations specified in the delegation as to the area, period in which, or extent to which he or she is to perform that function, and
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(c) a provision of or under this Act, or any other enactment (whether passed before or after the passing of this Act), that vests functions in the chief executive officer or regulates the manner in which any function is to be performed shall, if and in so far as it is applicable to the function concerned, have effect, for the purposes of the performance of that function by the member of staff, with the substitution of the member of staff for the chief executive officer.
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(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), where a delegation to a member of staff is made under this section the chief executive officer may, in any particular case, inform the member of staff that he or she has decided to perform the function himself or herself, and the function shall thereupon be performable in that case by the chief executive officer and not by the member of staff.
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(4) The chief executive officer may revoke a delegation under this section.
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