National Council of Social Service Act 1992 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Objectives, Functions and Powers of Council
14A. Ability to delegate, etc.
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The Council may delegate any of its functions or powers, either generally or specially and subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Council thinks fit, to any of the following:
Council
“Council” means the National Council of Social Service established under section 3;
a member of the Council;
the Chief Executive Officer or an employee of the Council;
a committee of the Council appointed under section 14;
a company that is incorporated in Singapore and is a subsidiary of the Council.
A delegation under subsection (1) must be by resolution and written notice given to the delegate.
Subsection (1) does not apply to —
the power to make subsidiary legislation conferred by this Act or any other Act;
the power to delegate conferred by this section; or
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.
A delegation in accordance with this section —
except as otherwise provided in this Act or any other Act administered by the Council, does not affect or prevent the performance of any function or the exercise of any power by the Council;
is not affected by any change in the membership of the Council;
is not affected by any change in the membership of a committee appointed under section 14 (where the committee is the delegate); and
is not affected by any change in the individual appointed as the Chief Executive Officer or holding any specified office in the Council (where the delegate is the Chief Executive Officer or the holder of the specified office).
For the purposes of subsection (1)(d), a company is a subsidiary of the Council if —
the Council is the sole member of that company; or
the Council, as a member of that company, holds more than half of the voting power in that company.
A delegate who purports to perform a function or exercise a power under delegation —
is taken to do so in accordance with the terms of the delegation under this section, unless the contrary is shown; and
must produce evidence of the delegation, if reasonably required to do so.