##### 59  Delegation of Secretary’s powers - \(1\) The Secretary may, by written instrument, delegate to an SES employee, or an acting SES employee, in the Department any of the Secretary’s powers, functions or duties under this Act \(other than Part 3A\)\. Note: The expressions SES employee and acting SES employee are defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901\. - \(2\) In exercising powers, performing functions or discharging duties under a delegation, the delegate must comply with any written direction given by the Secretary to the delegate\. ### Division 4—Periodic reports, reviews and rules etc. --- ## Source and attribution Saved copy: C2018A00029 / C2026C00213 / f578e546a17068939a3a5a928474713f844dfae8 Scope: navPoint\_275 Compiled 2026\-06\-04\. This does not establish legal commencement\. Official source: https://www\.legislation\.gov\.au/C2018A00029/2026\-06\-04/2026\-06\-04/text/1/epub/OEBPS/document\_1/document\_1\.html Licence: https://creativecommons\.org/licenses/by/4\.0/ Based on content from the Federal Register of Legislation at 1 October 2026\. For the latest information on Australian Government legislation please go to https://www\.legislation\.gov\.au\. Converted XHTML into Tiptap JSON; recovered lists from paragraph classes; kept literal labels and text\. Print layout is changed\. The Commonwealth Coat of Arms is not covered by the CC BY licence\.