Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Administration
3. Appointment of Director-General and authorised officers
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The Minister may appoint any person to be the Director‑General of Environmental Protection who is to be responsible for the administration of this Act and any other written law, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister.
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Environmental Protection appointed under section 3(1);
An appointment under subsection (1) must be published in the Gazette.
The Director-General may in writing appoint any of the following persons to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act:
a public officer;
an officer or auxiliary officer of the Agency;
an officer of any statutory authority;
a member or an employee of any Town Council;
an auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police Force Act 2004.
The Director-General may, with the approval of the Minister, delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon the Director‑General by this Act to any authorised officer, subject to such conditions or limitations as the Director‑General may specify.