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Authorities and Delegations

Authorities and delegations are the assignment of powers, functions, responsibility and accountability for specific outcomes or achievements to a specific individual or organisational unit.

The department has the following delegations and authorisations for the following legislation:

Child Care Act 2002 and Child Care Regulation 2003
Child Protection Act 1999
Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 and Education (General Provisions) Regulation 2006
Education (Overseas Students) Act 1998
Education (Queensland Studies Authority) Act 2002
Higher Education (General Provisions) Act 2008
Vocational Education, Training and Employment Act 2000 (Training and Employment Recognition Council).

The Department also has:

Financial Delegations Manual which documents delegations made under the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009.
Human Resource Delegations Manual which documents delegations under the Public Service Act 2008and relevant Directives.

Policy through government action - Authorities and Delegations
Delegation	Description	Owner	Date Published
Delegations and authorisations under Child Care Act 2002 410k	Delegations and authorisations of the Director-General's powers and functions to appropriated qualified person in DETE	Office for Early Childhood Education and Care	2009
Delegations and authorisations under Child Care Regulation 2003 198k	Delegations and authorisations of the Director-General's powers and functions to appropriated qualified person in DETE	Office for Early Childhood Education and Care	2009
Instrument of appointment of authorised officer under s.111 Child Care Act 2002 39k	Delegation and authorisation of the Director-General's and Deputy Director-General's to appoint persons as authorised officers in DETE	Office for Early Childhood Education and Care	2011
Delegations and authorisations under Child Protection Act 1999 302k	Delegations and authorisations of the Director-General's powers and functions to appropriated qualified person in DETE	Education Queensland	2011
Delegations and authorisations under Community Services Act 2007 197k	Delegations and authorisations of the Director-General's powers and functions to appropriated qualified person in DETE	Office for Early Childhood Education and Care	2011
Delegations and authorisations under Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 Please contact Legal and Administrative Law Branch on (07) 3405 3560 to request a copy	Delegations and authorisations of the Minister and Director-General's powers and functions to appropriated qualified person in DETE	Education Queensland
Delegations and authorisations under Education (Overseas Students) Act 1998 31k	Delegations and authorisations of the Director-General's powers and functions to appropriated qualified person in DETE	Training & International Quality	2009
Delegations and authorisations under Education (Overseas Students) Regulation 1998 11k	Delegations and authorisations of the Director-General's powers and functions to appropriated qualified person in DETE	Training & International Quality	2009
Delegations under Education (Queensland Studies Authority) Act 2002	Delegations and authorisations of the Director-General powers and functions to appropriated qualified person in DETE	Home Education, Tertiary and Non-State Education	2011
Delegations under Higher Education (General Provisions) Act 2008 393k	Delegations and authorisations of the Minister's powers and functions to appropriated qualified person in DETE	Higher Education	2008
Human Resource Delegations Manual (DETE Employees only) - Public Service Act 2008and Directives Please contact Human Resources to request a copy	The manual indexes the following categories and information based on a choice of delegation level, category or general description: Probation and Performance Management Grievance, Discipline and Suspension Staff Management Leave Separation Expenses Establishment Recruitment and Selection Document and Record Management	Human Resources
Financial Delegations Manual (DETE Employees only) - Financial Accountability Act 2009 Please contact Financial Policy on (07) 3237 0696 to request a copy.	Summary of the delegations for all expenditure incurred by the Department, whether recurrent or capital in nature including: approve expenditure for the supply of goods or services for official purposes write-off losses in accordance with the relevant legislation make special (ex gratia) payments in accordance with the relevant legislation create or increase petty cash or imprest accounts approve the establishment and use of credit cards and vouchers authorise the purchase and giving of gifts sell and dispose of assets enter into contracts with external parties which generate revenue for the Department approve expenditure on capital works.	Financial Policy
Delegations under Vocational Education, Training and Employment Act 2000 (Training and Employment Recognition Council)	Summarises the functions which may be delegated by the Training and Employment Recognition Council relation to: registering and regulating of training organisations; and accrediting courses and regulating accredited courses.	Training and Employment Recognition Council (TERC)	2009

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