Section 122 — Authorised officers

(1)The Authority may, in relation to any provision of this Act, appoint —

(a)any of its employees;

(b)any individual performing duties in the Authority under a secondment arrangement making available temporarily to the Authority the services of the individual;

(c)any public officer; or

(d)any employee of another public authority, to be an authorised officer for the purposes of that provision, either generally or in a particular case.

(2)The Authority may delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon the Authority by any provision of this Act, to any authorised officer, subject to any conditions or limitations that the Authority may specify; and any reference in that provision of this Act or its subsidiary legislation to the Authority includes a reference to such an authorised officer.

(3)However, nothing in subsection (2) authorises delegating —

(a)the power of delegation conferred by that subsection; or

(b)any power of the Authority to make subsidiary legislation under this Act.