AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

SEAT OF GOVERNMENT (ADMINISTRATION) ORDINANCE 1963

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 2 of 1963

	The Seat of Government (Administration) Ordinance 1963 clarifies the Minister’s power to delegate all or any of his powers and functions under regulations made under Ordinances.  Such delegations are revocable and do not prevent the Minister from exercising such powers and functions.

	The Ordinance provides that such powers of delegation as contained in section 8 of the Ordinance are subject to a contrary intention in the specific Ordinance or regulations. 

GORDON FREETH