Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001)

Chapter 2 : Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority

15. Delegation of powers and assignment of duties by Council

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(1)Subject to subsection (5), the Council may assign any of its functions or duties and delegate any of its powers, except the power to make rules, to its chairperson or to any committee appointed in terms of section 13.

 

(2)The Council is neither divested of any power nor relieved of any duty it may have delegated or assigned.

 

(3)Any delegation or assignment—
(a)may be made subject to any conditions determined by the Council;
(b)may be given together with the power to subdelegate or further assign, subject to such conditions as may be determined; and
(c)must be communicated to the delegatee or assignee in a written notice which contains sufficient particulars of the matters being delegated or assigned and of the conditions attached thereto.

 

(4)The Council may at any time amend or revoke a delegation or assignment in terms of subsection (1), or withdraw any decision made by the delegatee or assignee with regard to a delegated or assigned matter and decide the matter itself, unless the decision by the delegate has conferred a right on a third party.

 

(5)The Minister may in a notice addressed to the Council prohibit, limit, or impose conditions regarding the—
(a)delegation of any power of the Council; or
(b)assignment of any duty of the Council.