s 9 Delegation by Minister, etc.
9.—(1) The Minister may delegate the performance or exercise of any of his or her functions or powers under this Act (except the power to make regulations under section 57(1)) to any of the following persons by written notice to the person:(a) any of the following office‑holders in his or her Ministry:(i) a Second Minister; (ii) a Senior Minister of State; (iii) a Minister of State; (iv) a Senior Parliamentary Secretary; (v) a Parliamentary Secretary; (b) the competent authority appointed by the Minister under section 4. (2) A delegation by the Minister under subsection (1) may be general or for a particular case and is subject to any conditions or limitations that are set out in this Act or that the Minister may specify. (3) The Minister may, in delegating the performance or exercise of any of his or her functions or powers to the competent authority under subsection (1)(b), authorise the competent authority to subdelegate the performance or exercise of the function or power to an authorised officer appointed by the competent authority under section 5 (called in this Act a subdelegate). (4) A subdelegation by the competent authority of the performance or exercise of a function or power delegated to it by the Minister under subsection (1)(b) to a subdelegate is subject to the same restrictions, and has the same effect, as if the subdelegate were the delegate.