Cap. 639 Art. 3Powers of the Director responsible for Agriculture.

(1) This Act shall be administered by the Director who shall be responsible for:

(a) the development and implementation of the National Agriculture Policy;

(b) the taking of such measures as he may consider appropriate for the protection, conservation, sustainability of agricultural land, livestock and products;

(c) the collection of data related to all aspects of the production and processing of agricultural products including but not limited to agricultural holding structure, location, accountancy, employment and agricultural and processing practices adopted for the preparation of policy, drawing up of statistics and maintenance of databases;

(d) the monitoring, control and surveillance of agricultural activity and activities ancillary thereto;

(e) the issue, variation, suspension and revocation of permits and licences for agricultural activities, and any equipment or machinery used in connection with agriculture and other activities for which permits or licences are required under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder;

(f) providing regulatory provisions for land fragmentation and consolidation;

(g) the collection of fees in respect of permits and licences as well as the collection of fees for licences issued for all other categories of permits and licences referred to in paragraph (e);

(h) the setting up and administration of extension services to provide support to the agriculture sector;

(i) any other matters which shall require administration under this Act.

(2) The Director may, in writing, authorise any public officer to exercise any or all of the powers of the Director in accordance with this Act, either concurrently with him or in his absence, subject to such conditions as he may stipulate in writing in his authorisation.