(1) There shall be
appointed under and subject to Part 3 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994
an officer to be designated “The Commissioner of Soil and Land
Conservation”.
(2) The Commissioner
shall give effect to such directions as the Minister or the chief executive
officer gives to the Commissioner from time to time with respect to the
Commissioner’s functions, powers or duties under this Act, either
generally or with respect to a particular matter.
(3) The Commissioner
shall have and exercise such powers, functions and authorities and shall
perform and carry out such duties as are or may be conferred or imposed upon
the Commissioner by or under this Act.
(4) The Commissioner
may, with the approval of the chief executive officer, either generally or as
otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by the
Commissioner, delegate to a person any of the Commissioner’s powers or
duties under this Act, other than this power of delegation.
(5) For the purposes
of this Act, the exercise of a power or the performance of a duty by a
delegate under this section shall be deemed to be the exercise of the power or
the performance of the duty by the Commissioner.
(6) A delegation under
this section may be made to a specified person or to persons of a specified
class, or may be made to the holder or holders for the time being of a
specified office or class of offices.
(7) A delegation under
this section may —
(a) be
made subject to such conditions, qualifications and exceptions as are set out
in the instrument of delegation;
(b) be
revoked or varied by instrument in writing signed by the Commissioner.
(8) The Commissioner
may exercise a power or perform a duty notwithstanding that the Commissioner
has delegated its exercise or performance under this section.
[Section 7 amended: No. 32 of 1955 s. 4; No. 42 of
1982 s. 9; No. 46 of 1988 s. 19; No. 91 of 1990 s. 5; No. 32 of 1994 s. 3(2);
No. 19 of 2022 s. 17.]