Licensing - Passenger ferry licences - Determination of licensing authorities - "Authority" - "Appropriate authority" - Powers of licensing authorities - Delegation of powers - Transport Act 1983 (No. 9921), s2, s32, s86, s199, s201, s204.

Administrative law - Delegation - Dictation.

Administrative law - Locus standi - "Person affected" - Administrative Law Act 1978 (No. 9234), s2, s3.

Administrative law - Remedies - Discretion - Grounds for exercise.

Administrative law — Delegation — Validity — General delegation — Whether notice issued by delegate needed to recite fact of delegation — Whether notice issued by delegate needed to specify delegated powers — Validity of delegation in advance of occasion for exercise of delegated power

Local Government — Inspection — Compulsory powers of investigation — Delegation — Notice to produce documents — Notice to appear for examination — Notices issued by delegates of the Chief Municipal Officer — Refusal to comply with notices — Whether notices invalid — Whether delegation invalid — Local Government Act 1989 (Vic), ss 223A, 223B