274. Appointment of Director-General, Food Security to administer Part 2

The Minister may appoint from among public officers or SFA officers, a Director‑General, Food Security to administer Part 2 and the Part 2 Rules.

The Director‑General, Food Security may exercise any powers that are conferred upon the Director‑General, Food Security by any provision of Part 2 or 13 or the Part 2 Rules, subject to any directions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as the Minister may consider necessary.

Subject to subsection (4), the Director‑General, Food Security may delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon him or her by this Act to any food security officer, and any reference in any provision of this Act to the Director‑General, Food Security includes a reference to such a food security officer.

Subsection (3) does not extend to the following:

The Minister may, for any reason that appears to the Minister to be sufficient, at any time revoke an individual’s appointment under subsection (1) as the Director‑General, Food Security.