Government Technology Agency Act 2016 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Decision-Making by Agency
38. Ability to delegate
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The Agency may delegate any of its functions or powers, either generally or specially and subject to any conditions or restrictions that it thinks fit, to any of the following persons:
Agency
“Agency” means the Government Technology Agency established by section 3;
a member of the Agency;
the Chief Executive or an employee of the Agency;
a committee of the Agency that includes at least one member of the Agency;
a company that is incorporated in Singapore and is a subsidiary of the Agency.
A delegation under subsection (1) must be by written notice given to the delegate.
delegate
“delegate”, in relation to the Agency, means a person to whom the Agency, under section 38(1), delegates any of its functions or powers;
Subsection (1) does not apply to any function or power under this Act or any other Act that is declared by this Act or that other Act to be non‑delegable.
function
“function”, in relation to the Agency, means a function conferred on the Agency by this Act or any other Act;
A delegation in accordance with this section is not affected —
by any change in the membership of a committee (where the delegate is the committee), so long as the committee includes at least one member of the Agency; or
by any change in the individual appointed as the Chief Executive or holding any specified office in the Agency (where the delegate is the Chief Executive or the holder of the specified office).
For the purposes of subsection (1)(d), a company is a subsidiary of the Agency if —
company
“company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;
the Agency is the sole member of that company; or
the Agency, as a member of that company, holds more than half of the voting power in that company.