Any power which may be exercised under this Act by the Minister alone, may be exercised by any officer in the Department of Trade and Industry deputed thereto by the Minister; and any power which may be exercised under this Act by the Minister in consultation with the Minister of Finance, may be exercised by any officer in the Department of Trade and Industry in consultation with an officer in the Department of Finance respectively deputed thereto by the Minister and the Minister of Finance.

[Section 9 substituted by section 4 of Act 27 of 1988.]