Bicycle Network: Board & Governance

3 Delegation of authority

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The constitution requires that the Board passes regulations that define the responsibilities it delegates to management.

Authority to delegate

The Board defines its role and the role of management in the Delegation of Authority

1. The Bicycle Network Victoria Constitution at clause 34.2 states “the Board must by regulation delegate the management of the association to the Chief Executive Officer”. Furthermore the clause 54.3 states
that “the board must make regulations providing for the financial management of the association.”

2. The Bicycle Network Victoria Constitution at article 55.2 states that “the Board may nominate a list of individuals or positions to be signatories...”

3. The Regulation titled “Board Charter and Board–Chief Executive Officer Interrelationship Policies”
at article 9.1 provides the Chief Executive Officer with the authority to “establish all operational policies, make all operational decisions and design and implement and manage all operational practices and activities.”