61. Appointment of assistants

Subject to subsection (2), 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 power to make subsidiary legislation.

The Authority may appoint one or more of its officers to exercise the power to grant an exemption to any person (not being an exemption granted to a class of persons) under section 74(2), or to revoke any such exemption.

An appointment under subsection (2) must be published in the Gazette.

Any person appointed by the Authority under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).