| (1) |
The Council must establish such staff component as it requires in order to support its own administration and to assist the Authority in the performance of its functions, and to this end the Council must appoint— |
| (a) |
a suitably qualified and experienced person as chief executive officer of the Authority for the purpose of assisting the Authority, subject to the Council's direction and supervision, in the performance of all financial and administrative functions in terms of this Act and the underlying statutes, work arising from the administration of this Act and the underlying statutes and to exercise any power delegated by the Council to him or her; and |
| (b) |
such other staff as the Council may deem necessary to assist the Authority and the chief executive officer, as the case may be, with all such work as may arise through the performance of its functions, including research, regulatory impact assessments, reports, the giving of reasons, preparing public consultation documents and preparing recommendations relating to this Act, the underlying statutes and the Electronic Transactions Act. |
[Paragraph (1)(b) amended by section 13(b) of Act No. 2 of 2014]
(Subsection (1) amended by section 13(a) of Act No. 2 of 2014]
| (a) |
The chief executive officer may appoint a senior official as acting chief executive officer to perform the functions of the chief executive officer in his or her absence. |
| (b) |
A councillor may not be appointed as acting chief executive officer. |
| (c) |
In the event that the chief executive officer is absent for a longer period the Council must appoint an acting chief executive officer. |
(Subsection (1A) inserted by section 14(b) of Act No. 3 of 2006]
| (2) |
The Council must, in the appointment of its staff— |
| (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; |
| (b) |
subject to paragraph (a), apply equal opportunity employment practices. |
| (3) |
The Authority 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. |
| (4) |
The staff must carry out the day to day operations of the Authority as directed by the chief executive officer in accordance with the annual plan referred to in section 15A. |
[Subsection (4) inserted by section 13(c) of Act No. 2 of 2014]
Statistics Act, 1999
