38. New section 111A

In the MPA Act, after section 111, insert —“Appeals may be heard by certain persons designated by Minister111A.—

The Minister may designate any Minister of State, Senior Minister of State, Parliamentary Secretary or Senior Parliamentary Secretary for his or her Ministry, to hear and determine, in the Minister’s place, any relevant appeals or a specific relevant appeal.

A reference to the Minister in any provision relating to a relevant appeal includes a reference to a person designated under subsection (1).

For the purposes of this section, “relevant appeal” means an appeal under any of the following provisions:

Section 49(2);

Section 70(3);

Section 85I;

Section 86HD;

Section 89Y.”.