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office.
8. —(1) The President shall appoint one of the members of the Authority as Chairman.
Chairman of
Authority
(2) In the event of the Chairman being absent for a period of more than twenty-eight days,
members of the Authority shall elect one of their number to exercise the powers and perform
the duties of the Chairman.
9. —(1) The Minister shall, on the recommendation of the Authority, appoint the Director
General of the Authority, who shall be responsible for the direction of and supervision over
the work and staff of the Authority.
Director
General of the
Authority
(2) There shall be a Deputy Director General of the Authority who shall—
(a) be appointed by the Authority with the approval of the Minister;
(b) perform such functions and duties as may be assigned to him by the Director General
from time to time.
(3) The Director General or, in his absence, the Deputy Director General, shall attend
meetings of the Authority and of any committees of the Authority and may address such
meetings, but shall not vote on any matter:
Provided that the person presiding at any meeting may, for good cause, require the
Director General or the Deputy Director General to withdraw from such meeting.
10. —(1) The Authority shall establish its own administration and to that end may appoint
such staff, subordinate to the Director General, as the Authority deems necessary for the
discharge of its functions under this Act.
Other staff of
the Authority
(2) The Director General shall have power to appoint staff of such junior ranks as the
Authority may specify.
(3) The Authority may pay to persons in its employ, or provide them with, such remuneration,
pensions and employment benefits as the Authority may, after having obtained such
professional advice as it may deem fit, consider as being competitive in the employment
market in Malawi.
11. —(1) If any member is present at a meeting of the conflicts of Authority or of any
committee of the Authority at which any matter which is the subject of consideration is a
matter in which that person or his immediate family member or his professional or business
partner is directly or indirectly interested in a private professional capacity, he shall, as soon
as is practicable after the commencement of the meeting, disclose such interest and that
person shall not take part in any consideration or discussion of, or vote on, any question
touching such matter.
(2) The Director General shall disclose to the Chairman of the Authority any interest he or a
member of his immediate family has, whether in a private or professional capacity, in any
matter that is under consideration by the Authority and shall not attend any meeting of the
Authority or of any committee of the Authority while any question touching such matter is
being discussed.
(3) Any employee of the Authority or any consultant, adviser or sub-contractor to the
Authority shall disclose to the Director General any interest he or a member of his immediate
Disclosure of
conflicts of
interest