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National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998)

Chapter 17 : General and Transitional Provisions

Part 1 : Liability

159. Effect of delegation

 

Where a power is conferred on a person to delegate the exercise of a power then, unless the contrary intention appears—

(a) such a delegation does not prevent the exercise of that power, or the performance of that duty by the person who made the delegation;
(b) such a delegation may be made subject to such conditions or limitations as the person making that delegation may specify; and
(c) a power so delegated, when exercised or performed by the delegatee, must be regarded as having been exercised or performed by the person making the delegation.