| (1) | The Centre may do all that is necessary or expedient to perform its functions effectively, which includes the power to— |
| (a) | determine its own staff establishment and the terms and conditions of employment for its staff within a policy framework determined by the Minister; |
| (b) | appoint employees and seconded personnel to posts on its staff establishment; |
| (c) | obtain the services of any person by agreement, including any state department, functionary or institution, to perform any specific act or function; |
| (d) | acquire or dispose of any right in or to property, but rights in respect of immovable property may be acquired or disposed of only with the consent of the Minister; |
| (e) | open and operate its own bank accounts, subject to the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999); |
| (f) | insure itself against any loss, damage, risk or liability; |
| (g) | perform legal acts or institute or defend any legal action in its own name; |
| (h) | engage in any lawful activity, whether alone or together with any other organisation in the Republic or elsewhere, aimed at promoting its objectives; |
| (hA) | enter into public private partnerships for the purposes of achieving any of the objectives of the Centre in section 3; |
[Section 5(1)(hA) inserted by section 21(a) of the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 22 of 2022) Notice No. 1532, GG47802, dated 29 December 2022 - effective 31 December 2022 per Proclamation Notice 109 (a), GG47805, dated 31 December 2022]
| (i) | do anything that is incidental to the exercise of any of its powers. |
| (2) | The Centre may, for the purposes of this Act and to perform its functions effectively— |
| (a) | request information from any organ of state; |
| (b) | request access to any database held by any organ of state; or |
| (c) | have access to information contained in a register that is kept by an organ of state in the execution of a statutory function of that organ of state. |
[Section 5(2) inserted by section 21(b) of the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 22 of 2022) Notice No. 1532, GG47802, dated 29 December 2022 - effective 31 December 2022 per Proclamation Notice 109 (a), GG47805, dated 31 December 2022]
