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Fire Brigade Services Act, 1987 (Act No. 99 of 1987)

19. Delegation

 

(1) A chief fire officer may—
(a) delegate any power granted to him by or under this Act, the regulations contemplated in section 15 or the by-laws or regulations contemplated in section 16, excluding the power referred to in this section, to a member of the service concerned; and

[Section 19(1)(a) substituted by section 14 of Act No. 83 of 1990]

(b) grant authority that a duty so assigned to him may be performed by such a member.

 

(2) A power so delegated and a duty so authorized shall be exercised or performed subject to the directions of the chief fire officer, who may at any time withdraw such delegation or authority.

 

(3) A delegation under subsection (1)(a) does not prevent the chief fire officer from exercising the power in question himself.