Services Australia Governance Amendment Act 2020 (104 of 2020)

Schedule 2   Other amendments relating to Services Australia

Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997

6   Subsection 12(5)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(5) In performing functions delegated to the Chief Executive Centrelink under another Act, the Chief Executive Centrelink, and any person to whom the function is subdelegated under subsection (3), must comply with any directions of the person who delegated the function.

(6) In performing functions delegated or subdelegated under this section, the delegate or subdelegate must comply with any directions of the Chief Executive Centrelink.

(7) Sections 34AA, 34AB and 34A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 apply in relation to a subdelegation in a corresponding way to the way in which they apply in relation to a delegation.