# The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012, Paragraph 18: Delegation of functions

Extent: E+W

(1) The Body may authorise a committee, sub-committee, member or employee of the Body to exercise any of the Body’s functions.
(2) Unless the Body determines otherwise, a committee of the Body may authorise a sub-committee, member or employee of the Body to exercise any of the functions of that committee, including functions delegated to it by the Body.
(3) Unless the Body or the relevant committee determines otherwise, a sub-committee of the Body may authorise a member or employee of the Body to exercise any of the functions of that sub-committee, including functions delegated to it by the Body or a committee.
(4) An authorisation under the preceding provisions of this paragraph may be general or specific and must be given in writing.
(5) The Body must send a copy of the authorisation to the Welsh Ministers.
(6) The preceding provisions of this paragraph do not prevent the Body (or the committee or sub-committee, as the case may be) from exercising the function in question itself.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/1903/schedule/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/natural-resources-body-for-wales-establishment-order-2012/schedule/paragraph-18
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