247   Delegation

(1)  The Minister may delegate the exercise of any function of the Minister under this Act (other than this power of delegation) to any approved person.

(2)  An approved person may sub-delegate to another approved person any function delegated by the Minister (other than this power of sub-delegation) if the delegate is authorised in writing to do so by the Minister.

(3)  In this section:

approved person means:

(a)  Roads and Maritime Services or a member of staff of Roads and Maritime Services, or

(b)  Transport for NSW or a member of staff of the Transport Service, or

(c)  the Newcastle Port Corporation, Port Kembla Port Corporation or Sydney Ports Corporation or a member of the staff of any of those port corporations, or

(d)  a person appointed as, or exercising functions of, a harbour master under the Marine Safety Act 1998, or

(e)  a member of the Government Service, or

(f)  any person of a class prescribed by the regulations.