Petitioner requested the Court to determine whether Regional Officers Act 2(2) requires the Prime Minister to issue a “Cabinet Order” directing the Delegate to confer the appropriate regional officer powers.
Legal questions are a mechanism by which the Court can “clarify” the meaning or applicability of law,[1][2] which naturally requires that there be some ambiguity to clarify. In this case, however, Regional Officers Act 2(2) is clear in requiring that “[t]he Prime Minister […] be granted all non-Border Control powers,”[3] this wording has been raised to the Delegate,[4] and the Delegate has granted such powers to the Prime Minister.[5] Thus, the ambiguity presented by any apparent disagreement between the Delegate and the Prime Minister, as referenced by Petitioner, no longer exists.