Cap. 628 Art. 6The Directorate.  Cap. 9.

(1) The Directorate of the Authority shall consist of the Chief Executive Officer, who shall be the director of the Authority, a Deputy Director and such other officers and employees of the Authority as may be engaged by the Authority from time to time.

(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall be in charge of the overall management and executive action of the Authority and shall keep the Board informed on the general running of the Authority and of the result of the operations of the Authority.

(3) The Chief Executive Officer shall be appointed by the Minister, after consultation with the Board, for such period and on such terms as the Minister may, in consultation with the Board, determine.

(4) The Deputy Director and the other officers and employees of the Directorate shall be selected by the Chief Executive Officer and engaged by the Authority in accordance with such procedures and on such terms as the Board may from time to time determine.

(5) The Authority may also act through such contractors as it may from time to time engage:

Provided that such contractors shall at all times act in accordance with such instructions as may be given to them by the Chief Executive Officer.

(6) The Chief Executive Officer and the Directorate staff shall for all purposes of the Criminal Code be considered as public officers, and shall be afforded all protection and may incur all liability as such.

(7) The Chief Executive Officer and the Directorate staff shall, subject to any contrary provision in this Act or in any other law, abide by any code of ethics applicable to public officers:

Provided that nothing in this sub-article may be deemed to preclude the Board to make further rules regulating the conduct of the Chief Executive Officer and of the Directorate staff to supplement any such Code of Ethics.