58 VR 508WOLF v ZAKULA Supreme Court of VictoriaKeogh J 25 September 2018, 03 April 2019[2019] VSC 214Administrative 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.
The plaintiff was the Chief Municipal Inspector (CMI) appointed under the Local Government Act 1989 (Vic) (Act). Section 223A(2) and (3) of the Act gave the CMI all the powers necessary to perform the CMI’s functions to examine, investigate and prosecute possible breaches of the Act. Section 223A(4) provided: