s 3 Appointment of Director-General and authorised officers
3.—(1) The Minister may appoint any person to be the Director-General of Public Health who is responsible for the administration of this Act except where expressly provided otherwise, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister.[11/2019] [Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025] (1A) An appointment under subsection (1) must be published in the Gazette.[Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025] (2) The Director-General may in writing appoint any of the following persons to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act:(a) a public officer; (b) an officer or auxiliary officer of the Agency; (c) an officer of any statutory authority; (d) an auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police Force Act 2004.[4/2016]