New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 71ZA

71ZA Chief executive may delegate

1 The chief executive may delegate the administration of all or any part of this Part to 1 or more persons.

2 The delegation must be in writing.

3 Clauses 2 and 3 of Schedule 6 of the Public Service Act 2020 applies if the delegation is to a chief executive or to an employee (as those terms are defined in that Act).

4 If the delegation is to another person,—

a) the delegation may not include the power to delegate under this section; and

b) subject to any general or special directions given or conditions imposed by the chief executive, the person to whom the delegation is made may administer this Part in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act (and not the delegation) so provided; and

c) every person purporting to act under the delegation is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, presumed to be acting in accordance with the terms of the delegation.

History: Section 71ZA: inserted, on 1 July 2002, by section 4(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7).   Section 71ZA(3): amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).     Section 71ZA(3): amended, on 25 January 2005, by section 19(1) of the State Sector Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 114).