Delegated authority within the States is often in reference to officials who have been given power to make decisions on certain matters by the States of Guernsey.
For example, the Development & Planning Authority (DPA) has delegated specific powers to the director of planning and other officers to determine the fate of most planning applications.
The proposal is set to be lodged with the States next week.
Helyar said: “There are a lot of examples, unfortunately, where sometimes because people think they’re doing the right thing, where what I would consider to be their authority to act in a delegated way has been exceeded.
“There needs to be accountability when errors are made for those things and they need to be able to be pulled up.”