Communicable Diseases Agency Act 2025 · Updated to 1 Apr 2025 · Part 4 · Decision-Making by Agency
31. Ability to delegate
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
The Agency may delegate any of its functions or powers, either generally or specially and subject to any conditions or restrictions that it thinks fit, to any of the following persons:
Agency
“Agency” means the Communicable Diseases Agency established by section 3;
a member of the Agency;
the Chief Executive or an officer of the Agency;
a committee of the Agency that includes at least one member of the Agency;
a company that is incorporated in Singapore and is a subsidiary of the Agency.
A delegation under subsection (1) must be by resolution and written notice given to the delegate.
delegate
“delegate” means a person to whom the Agency under section 31 delegates the performance or exercise of any of its functions or powers;
Subsection (1) does not apply to any function or power under this Act or any other Act that is declared by this Act or that other Act to be non‑delegable.
A delegation in accordance with this section is not affected —
by any change in the membership of a committee (where the delegate is the committee), so long as the committee includes at least one member of the Agency; or
by any change in the individual appointed as the Chief Executive or holding any specified office in the Agency (where the delegate is the Chief Executive or the holder of the specified office).
For the purposes of subsection (1)(d), a company is a subsidiary of the Agency if —
the Agency is the sole member of that company; or
the Agency, as a member of that company, holds more than half of the voting power in that company.
Terms defined in s 2
Agency
Defined · s 2“Agency” means the Communicable Diseases Agency established by section 3;
Chief Executive
Defined · s 2“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 33, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;
committee
Defined · s 2“committee” means a committee of the Agency appointed under section 29;
delegate
Defined · s 2“delegate” means a person to whom the Agency under section 31 delegates the performance or exercise of any of its functions or powers;
functions
Defined · s 2“functions”, in relation to the Agency, means functions conferred on the Agency by this Act or any other Act;
member
Defined · s 2“member”, in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency appointed under section 11, and includes any individual appointed under section 15 to act in that capacity;
officer
Defined · s 2“officer”, in relation to the Agency, means an employee of the Agency and includes an individual under a secondment arrangement which makes available the service of the individual to the Agency;
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