Showing posts with label Canadian Union of Public Employees (Airline Division) v. Air Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canadian Union of Public Employees (Airline Division) v. Air Canada. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 March 2013

Delegating Investigative Functions

A well-known rule of administrative law is delegatus non potest delegare: the beneficiary of a statutory power cannot delegate its exercise. This is only a rule of construction, though, and is subject to the famous Carltona exception, pursuant to which civil servants can act in the name of a minister named in a statute.