Cap. 499 Art. 10Conduct of the affairs of the Authority.

(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the affairs and business of the Authority shall be the responsibility of the

Authority, but save as aforesaid, the executive conduct of the Authority, its administration and organisation and the administrative control of its Directorates and of its officers and employees, shall be the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, who shall also have such other powers as may from time to time be delegated to him by the Authority.

(2) The Authority and each of the Directorates may exercise any one or more of their functions or responsibilities either directly or through any of their officers or employees authorised for the purpose, or through a contractor or other person with whom agreement for the performance of any one or more of such functions or responsibilities has been entered into:

Provided that nothing in this sub-article shall authorise the Authority to contract out any of its regulatory or licensing functions.

(3) Where in this Act anything is to be done by or against or with respect to the Authority, or any notice is to be or may be given to the Authority, any such thing or notice may also be done by or against or with respect to or be given to the Directorates under whose jurisdiction the matter falls by reason of a delegation of function to such Directorate; and for the purposes aforesaid any reference in this Act to the Authority includes a reference to the appropriate Directorate.