(3) The Board shall take all necessary steps to comply with any direction given to it in terms of subsection
(1).
(4) When any direction has been given to the Board in terms of subsection (1), the Board shall ensure that the
direction and any views the Board has expressed on it in terms of subsection (2) are set out in the Authority’s
annual report.
26 Minister may direct Board to reverse, suspend or rescind its decisions or actions
(1) Subject to subsection (2), where the Minister, after consultation with the President, is of the view on
reasonable grounds that any decision or action of the Board is not in the national or public interest or the interests
of consumers or licensees as a whole, the Minister may direct the Board in writing to reverse, suspend or rescind
such decision or to reverse, suspend or rescind such action.
(2) Before making any direction in terms of subsection (1), the Minister shall inform the Board in writing of
his intention to do so, setting out the purport of the proposed direction and his grounds for making it, and the
Board may, within fourteen days of being so informed, make written representations to the Minister on the matter.
(3) The Board shall, with due expedition or within a period that the Minister may direct in writing, comply
with any direction given to it in terms of subsection (1).
27 Execution of contracts and instruments by Authority
Any agreement, contract or instrument approved by the Board may be entered into or executed on behalf of
the Authority by any persons generally or specially authorised by the Board for that purpose.
28 Reports of Authority
(1) In addition to any report which the Authority is required to submit to the Minister in terms of this Act or
the Audit and Exchequer Act [Chapter 22:03], the Authority
(a) shall submit to the Minister such other reports as the Minister may require; and
(b) may submit to the Minister such other reports as the Authority considers advisable;
in regard to the operations and property of the Authority.
(2) The Minister shall, within six months of the end of the Authority’s financial year, lay before Parliament a
report submitted to him by the Authority in terms of subsection (1), together with the statement of accounts and
auditor’s report for the preceding financial year of the Authority referred to in sections twenty-two and twentythree.
29 Director-General and other employees of Authority
(1) For the better exercise of the functions of the Authority the Board shall, in consultation with the Minister,
appoint a person to be the Director-General of the Authority, on such terms and conditions as the Board, with the
approval of the Minister, may fix.
(2) The Board shall terminate the appointment of the Director-General if he would be required in terms of
paragraph (b) or (c) of section nine to vacate his office had that section and paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of
subsection (1) of section eight, and subsection (2) of that section, applied to him.
(3) The Board shall not terminate the services of the Director-General on a ground other than one referred to
in subsection (2) without the approval of the Minister.
(4) The Board shall employ such persons in addition to the Director-General as it considers expedient for the
better exercise of the functions of the Authority.
(5) Subject to the general control of the Board, the Director-General shall be responsible for
(a) managing the operations and property of the Authority; and
(b) supervising and controlling the activities of the employees of the Authority in the course of their
employment.
(6) The Board may assign to the Director-General such of the functions of the Board as the Board thinks fit:
Provided that the Board shall not assign to the Director-General any duty that has been assigned to the
chairman of the Board.
(7) Any assignment of functions in terms of subsection (6) may be made either generally or specially and
subject to such reservations, restrictions and exceptions as the Board may determine, and may be revoked by the
Board at any time.
(8) The Director-General shall have the right to attend meetings of the Board and, except in the case of any
discussion relating to the terms and conditions of his appointment, to take part in the proceedings of the Board as
if he were a member, but shall not have a vote on any question before the Board.
30 Exemption from liability for Authority
No liability shall attach to the Authority or to any employee of the Authority or the Board or to a member of
the Board or any committee of the Board for any loss or damage sustained by any person as a result of the bona
fide exercise or performance of any function which by or in terms of this Act is conferred or imposed upon the
Authority or the Board:
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