The Minister cannot personally touch millions of files, so this lets them name officers and hand most decisions to staff. A few powers are too serious to hand off: declaring an irregular arrival, personally barring someone from temporary status, lifting inadmissibility in the national interest, and signing a security certificate. Those stay with the Minister.
(1)The Minister may designate any persons or class of persons as officers to carry out any purpose of any provision of this Act, and shall specify the powers and duties of the officers so designated.
(2)Anything that may be done by the Minister under this Act may be done by a person that the Minister authorizes in writing, without proof of the authenticity of the authorization.
(3)Despite subsection (2), the Minister may not delegate the power conferred by subsection 20.1(1), section 22.1 or subsection 42.1(1) or (2) or 77(1).