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GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26 November 2013
Act No. 4 of 2013
Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013
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Access to Information Act and to exercise any power delegated by the
Regulator to him or her; and
(b) such other member of staff as the Regulator may deem necessary to assist the
Regulator and the chief executive officer, as the case may be, with all such
work as may arise through the performance of its functions.
(2) (a) The chief executive officer may appoint a senior member of staff as acting chief
executive officer to perform the functions of the chief executive officer in his or her
absence.
(b) A member of the Regulator may not be appointed as acting chief executive officer.
(c) In the event that a vacancy occurs in the office of the chief executive officer the
Regulator must appoint an acting chief executive officer.
(3) The Regulator must, in the appointment of the staff of the Regulator—
(a) provide for the advancement of persons disadvantaged by unfair discrimination, with the aim that its staff, when viewed collectively, represents a broad
cross-section of the population of the Republic; and
(b) subject to paragraph (a), apply equal opportunity employment practices.
(4) The Regulator may pay to the persons in its employ such remuneration and
allowances and provide them with such pension and other employment benefits as are
consistent with that paid in the public sector.
(5) In exercising its powers in terms of subsections (1) and (4), the Regulator must
consult with the Minister of Finance.
(6) The Regulator may, in the performance of the functions contemplated in
subsection (1), at its request, be assisted by officials in the Public Service seconded to the
service of the Regulator in terms of any law regulating such secondment: Provided that
the secondment of an official to the service of the Regulator may not exceed 12 months
and that the initial period of secondment may only be extended once for a subsequent
period not exceeding 12 months.
(7) The Regulator may, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, on a temporary
basis or for a particular matter which is being investigated by it, employ any person with
special knowledge of any matter relating to the work of the Regulator, or obtain the
co-operation of any body, to advise or assist the Regulator in the performance of its
functions under this Act and the Promotion of Access to Information Act, and fix the
remuneration, including reimbursement for travelling, subsistence and other expenses,
of such person or body.
Powers, duties and functions of chief executive officer
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48. The chief executive officer—
(a) is the head of administration and the accounting officer, as referred to in
section 52(3), of the Regulator;
(b) may appoint a senior member of staff as acting chief executive officer as
referred to in section 47(2);
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(c) is responsible for the—
(i) management of the affairs and operations of the Regulator;
(ii) formation and development of an efficient administration;
(iii) organisation and management of, and administrative control over, all the
members of staff appointed in terms of section 47(1)(b) and all the 45
persons seconded in terms of section 47(6);
(iv) maintenance of discipline in respect of the members of staff; and
(v) execution of the decisions of the Regulator,
and is for those purposes accountable to the Regulator and must report thereon
to the Regulator as often as may be required by the Regulator; and
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(d) must exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions which the
Regulator may from time to time confer upon or assign to him or her in order