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Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 1965 (Act No. 101 of 1965)

34A. Delegation of powers

 

(1) The Minister may in writing authorise the Director-General or any officer of the Department of Health to exercise any of the powers conferred upon the Minister by this Act other than the powers referred to in sections 3, 24(1) and 35, or to exercise or perform any of the duties or functions conferred or imposed on the Minister in terms of this Act.

[Section 34A(1) substituted by section 22 of Act No. 90 of 1997]

 

(2) The Director-General may in writing authorize any officer of the Department of Health to exercise or perform in general or in a particular case or in cases of a particular nature, any power, duty or function, excluding any power, duty or function referred to in subsection (1), conferred or imposed on the Director-General by or in terms of this Act.

[Section 34A(2) substituted by section 22 of Act No. 90 of 1997]

 

(3) The Chief Executive Officer may, in writing, authorise any staff member of the Authority to exercise or perform in general or in a particular case or in cases of a particular nature, any power, duty or function conferred or imposed on the Chief Executive Officer in terms of this Act.

[Section 34A(3) inserted by section 40 of Notice No. 434, GG 32148, dated 21 April 2009]