179. Appointment of assistants

Subject to subsection (2), the Authority may appoint any person to exercise any of the Authority’s powers or perform any of the Authority’s 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 189(5) to grant an exemption to a particular person, or under section 189(6) to revoke any such exemption, or both.

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

Any person appointed under subsection (1) or officer appointed under subsection (2) is taken to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871.