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(1)
The Director-General of Health Services shall be the Competent Authority for the purposes of this Act and shall be charged with the effective implementation of the provisions of this Act.
(2)
The Director-General of Health Services may, whenever he considers it necessary and expedient, delegate the performance or discharge of any duty or function imposed upon him by this Act in his capacity as the Competent
Authority, to a Medical Officer of Health or to a Public Health
Inspector in any area, and the officer to whom the duty or function was so delegated, shall perform or discharge the same subject to the control and supervision of the Competent
Authority.
(3)
An officer to whom a delegation is made under subsection (2) of this section shall, in the performance and discharge of the duties and functions so delegated, exercise the same power of entry and inspection as given to the
Competent Authority under section 13 of this Act, and any obstruction caused to such officer shall be an offence under section 8 of this Act.
(4)
The Competent Authority may give such directions as he may deem necessary, to any Public Health Inspector or
Medical Officer of Health with regard to the effective implementation of the provisions of this Act and any regulations made thereunder and every such officer to whom any such directions are given, shall be required to comply with the same.