Appointment of managing director
9.—(1)  The President, if he or she concurs with the advice or recommendation of the Public Service Commission, is to appoint one of the directors appointed under section 8 to be the managing director.
(2)  The managing director must be an employee of the Authority on such terms and conditions of service as the President may decide.
(3)  The managing director is entrusted with the day‑to‑day administration of the Authority, and may, subject to this Act, make decisions and exercise all powers and do all acts which may be exercised or done by the Authority under this Act or any other written law.
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(4)  The managing director is answerable to the board for his or her acts and decisions.
(5)  In the event of the absence or inability to act of the managing director, the Minister may appoint —
(a)a director; or
(b)with the President’s concurrence, an officer of the Authority who holds the appointment of assistant managing director or its equivalent or above,
to discharge the duties of the managing director during the period of the managing director’s absence or inability to act.
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(6)  The managing director may, subject to such terms and conditions as the managing director thinks fit, appoint any officer or employee of the Authority, or form any committee comprising officers or employees of the Authority or both, to exercise any of the managing director’s powers or perform any of the managing director’s functions or duties conferred or imposed upon the managing director by virtue of subsection (3), and that officer, employee or committee must exercise those powers or perform those functions or duties under the direction and control of the managing director.
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(7)  To avoid doubt, the managing director —
(a)remains responsible for any exercise of his or her powers or any performance of his or her functions or duties by any officer or employee appointed or by any committee formed under subsection (6); and
(b)may continue to exercise his or her powers or perform his or her functions or duties conferred or imposed upon him or her by virtue of subsection (3), despite the delegation of the power, function or duty under subsection (6).
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