Singapore legislation
Section 3
Section 3
Appointment of Controller, inspectors, etc.
(1)
The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint a public officer or an officer of a public authority to be the Controller of Housing for the purposes of this Act.
(2)
The Controller is, subject to any general or special directions of the Minister, responsible for the administration of this Act and must perform any duties imposed and may exercise any powers conferred upon him or her by this Act and any rules made under this Act.
(3)
The Controller may appoint, by name or office, from among public officers or officers of a public authority —
a Deputy Controller of Housing; and
any number of inspectors that may be required for the purposes of this Act.
(4)
The Deputy Controller may, subject to any directions that the Controller may specify, perform all or any of the functions of the Controller or exercise all or any of the powers of the Controller conferred on the Controller by this Act and any rules made under this Act; and any reference in this Act and any rules made under this Act to the Controller includes a reference to the Deputy Controller.
(5)
The Controller may authorise any public officer or any officer of a public authority to perform all or any of the functions of the Controller or exercise all or any of the powers of the Controller conferred on the Controller by this Act or any rules made under this Act (except the power of delegation conferred by this subsection), subject to any conditions or limitations that are set out in this Act or that the Controller may specify by directions; and any reference in this Act and any rules made under this Act to the Controller includes a reference to such authorised officer.
(6)
In performing any function or exercising any power delegated under subsection (5), an authorised officer must comply with the Controller’s directions.
(7)
A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of any function or power under this Act or any rules made under this Act by the Controller.
(8)
The Controller, the Deputy Controller and every authorised officer and inspector —
are deemed to be public servants for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871; and
in relation to their administration, assessment, collection or enforcement of payment of composition sums, are deemed to be public officers for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act 1966, and section 20 of that Act applies to such persons even though they are not or were not in the employment of the Government.