Employment Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
3. Appointment of officers
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The Minister may appoint an officer as the Commissioner for Labour (called in this Act the Commissioner) and also one or more officers as Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Principal Assistant Commissioner for Labour or Assistant Commissioner for Labour, who, subject to such limitations as may be prescribed, may perform all duties imposed and exercise all powers conferred on the Commissioner by this Act, and every duty so performed and power so exercised is deemed to have been duly performed and exercised for the purposes of this Act.
principal
“principal” means any person who, in the course of or for the purposes of the person’s trade or business, contracts with a contractor for the supply of labour or for the execution by the contractor of the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the principal;
The Minister may appoint such number of authorised officers, inspecting officers and other officers as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act.
The Commissioner may in writing appoint an individual (who may or may not be a public officer) as an authorised person for the purpose of carrying out any function or duty of the Commissioner under this Act or any other written law relating to employment, employment terms or the relations between employers and employees.
The Commissioner must, in writing, issue to each authorised person an authorisation specifying —
the functions and duties of the Commissioner that the authorised person is authorised to carry out;
the powers of the Commissioner that the authorised person is authorised to exercise;
the conditions of the authorisation; and
the limitations to which the authorisation is subject.