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National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003)

Chapter 12 : General Provisions

92. Assignment of duties and delegation of powers

 

Subject to the Public Finance Management Act (Act No. 1 of 1999)—

(a) the Minister may assign any duty and delegate any power imposed or conferred upon him or her by this Act, except the power to make regulations, to—
(i) any person in the employ of the State; or
(ii) any council, board or committee established in terms of this Act;
(b) the relevant member of the Executive Council may assign any duty and delegate any power imposed or conferred upon him or hereby this Act, except the power to make regulations, or assigned or delegated to him or her by the Minister, to any officer in the relevant provincial department or any council, board or committee established in terms of this Act;
(c) the Director-General may assign any duty and delegate any power imposed or conferred upon him or her by this Act to any official in the national department; and
(d) the head of a provincial department may assign any duty and delegate any power imposed or conferred upon him or her in terms of this Act to any official of that provincial department.