s 8 Responsibility for Fund
8.—(1) The Minister is responsible for the management and administration of the Fund. (2) The Minister may appoint any public authority or other person as the Minister thinks fit to disburse financial assistance under a public scheme using moneys in the Fund and to do any matter connected therewith or incidental thereto, and the public authority or other person so appointed must do so in accordance with this Act and, subject to the provisions of this Act, the Minister’s directions.[Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025] (2A) An appointment under subsection (2) must be published in the Gazette.[Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025] (3) Where a public authority is appointed by the Minister under subsection (2) to disburse financial assistance under a public scheme using moneys in the Fund —(a) it is the function and duty of the public authority to do so in accordance with that subsection, in addition to the functions and duties imposed on it under any other written law; and (b) the public authority is deemed to be fulfilling the purposes of the relevant Act constituting that public authority, and the provisions of that Act apply to the public authority in respect of that function and duty.