Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act, 1973 (Act No. 78 of 1973)Chapter I : Bureau, Director and Staff3. Appointment of director, medical officers and other staff of bureau |
| (1) | The Minister shall appoint, subject to the laws governing the public service— |
| (a) | a Director of the Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases, who shall be a medical practitioner and who shall exercise the powers and perform the functions conferred upon or assigned to him or her by this Act or by the Minister under this Act; |
| (b) | as many deputy directors of the bureau as the Minister may consider necessary, of whom at least one shall be a medical practitioner; |
| (c) | as many other officers, being medical practitioners, as the Minister may consider necessary for the performance of the medical examinations and other functions required to be performed by the bureau under this Act; and |
| (d) | such other officers and persons as the Minister may consider necessary for the performance of the functions of the bureau. |
| (2) | [Section 3(2) deleted by section 2 of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 208 of 1993] |
| (3) | Whenever there is no director or the director is absent or for any other reason unable to perform his functions, the deputy-director appointed under subsection (1) (b) who is a medical practitioner, or, if there is more than one such deputy-director, such one of them as the Minister shall designate, shall act in the stead of the director. |