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Maintenance of Racial Harmony Bill · As enacted · Part 2 · Administration
5. Competent authority
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The Minister may —
(a)
appoint one or more public officers to each be a competent authority for the purposes of this Act in general; or
(b)
appoint one or more public officers to each be a competent authority for the purposes of a particular provision of this Act.
(2)
The Minister may from time to time give a competent authority directions that —
(a)
are of a general character;
(b)
relate to the performance of the functions conferred on the competent authority by this Act; and
(c)
are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
(3)
The competent authority must give effect to those directions in performing his or her functions.