Housing and Development Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Functions, Duties, Properties and Officers of Board
45. Appointment of officers and employees
Feedback & supportSubject to the disallowance under section 99(1) of any item or portion of any item in a budget, the Board may appoint and employ such officers as may be necessary for the purpose of this Act, and may dismiss them.
Board
“Board” means the Housing and Development Board established under section 3;
Subject to this section —
appointments and promotions of all employees must be made by the Board; and
determination of an appointment, dismissal and disciplinary control of the employees of the Board are vested in the Board.
The Minister may, with the consent of the Public Service Commission, declare by notification in the Gazette that any appointment and promotion of an officer or class of officers as the Minister thinks fit, and determination of an appointment, dismissal and disciplinary control of persons appointed as such officers, is to be vested in the Board acting on the advice of the Public Service Commission, and upon the declaration the Board must exercise those functions on the advice of the Public Service Commission.
Despite this section, the Chief Executive Officer may appoint persons temporarily for a period not exceeding 2 months.
Chief Executive Officer
“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Board, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;
The Board must, with the approval of the Minister, prescribe the rates of remuneration payable to persons employed by the Board, and no persons so employed may be paid otherwise than in accordance with those rates.[39