Section 10: Responsibilities of Director

## 10. Responsibilities of Director

(1) The Director—

(a) is responsible for the performance by the Centre of its functions;

(b) takes all decisions of the Centre in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its functions, except those decisions taken in consequence of a delegation or instruction in terms of section 16; and

(c) is the chief executive officer and also the accounting authority of the Centre.

(2) As the chief executive officer, the Director is responsible for—

(a) the formation and development of an efficient and performance driven administration;

(b) the management of the administration; and

(c) the control, and maintenance of discipline, of staff.

(3) As accounting authority of the Centre the Director must perform the functions assigned to accounting authorities in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999).

(4) The Director performs the functions of office subject to any policy framework which may be prescribed by the Minister.

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