Appointment of Director General, Deputy Director General and other officers
(1) The Minister shall appoint a Director General of Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management, who shall head a department, from amongst members of the public service for such period and on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the instrument of appointment.
(2) The Minister shall appoint such numbers of Deputy Director General of Solid Waste and Public Cleansing as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act from amongst members of the public service who shall, subject to the control and direction of the Director General, have the powers and functions of the Director General, other than the power of delegation referred to in subsection (4).
(3) The Minister shall appoint such numbers of Directors, Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors and other officers as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act from amongst members of the public service who shall be subject to the control, direction and supervision of the Director General.
(4) The Director General may, in relation to any particular matter or class of matters, by writing under his hand, delegate all or any of his powers or functions under this Act, except his power of delegation, to any Director, Deputy Director, Assistant Director, or other officers including any officer of any local authority or any officer of the Corporation.
(5) A delegation under subsection (4) may be revoked at any time by the Director General and does not prevent the Director General from exercising the powers or performing the functions delegated under that subsection.
Functions and powers of Director General
(1) Without prejudice to any other functions conferred on the Director General by this Act, the Director General shall have the following functions:
(a) to propose, after taking into consideration the recommendation from the Corporation, policies, plans and strategies in respect of solid waste and public cleansing management to the Minister;
(b) to formulate, after taking into consideration the recommendation from the Corporation, plans for solid waste management including the location, type and size of new treatment facilities, the coverage areas of the solid waste management facilities, the solid waste management schemes to supply controlled solid waste to the solid waste management facilities and the timescale for the implementation of the plans;
(c) to set, after taking into consideration the recommendation from the Corporation, standards, specifications and codes of practice relating to any aspect of solid waste management services and public cleansing management services;
(d) to exercise the regulatory functions specified in this Act and any regulations made under this Act;
(e) to grant licences and approvals under this Act; and
(f) to carry out such other activities for the purpose of carrying out, or in connection with, the performance of his functions under this Act.
(2) The Director General shall have all such powers as may be necessary for, or in connection with, or incidental to, the performance of his functions under this Act.
Power of Minister to give directions
The Minister may give the Director General directions of general character consistent with the provisions of this Act relating to the exercise of the powers and performance of the functions of the Director General and the Director General shall give effect to such directions.
