97. Appointment of assistants

Subject to subsection (1A), the Authority may appoint any person to exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions or duties under this Act, either generally or in any particular case, except —

The Authority may appoint one or more of its officers to exercise the power under section 112(2) to grant an exemption to a particular person, or in respect of any registered business trust, matter or transaction (not being an exemption granted to a class of persons or in respect of a class of registered business trusts, matters or transactions), or to revoke any such exemption.

An appointment under subsection (1A) must be published in the Gazette.

Any person appointed by the Authority under subsection (1) is deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871.