Local Government Act, 1941

Powers of appropriate Minister in relation to duties of office.

20.—(1) The appropriate Minister may by declaration do all or any of the following things in respect of a specified office in relation to which he is the appropriate Minister or in respect of such of the offices in relation to which he is the appropriate Minister as belong to a specified class, description or grade, that is to say:—

(a) define the duties of holders thereof,

(b) assign a particular duty to holders thereof,

(c) define the places or limits within which all or any of the duties of holders thereof are to be performed.

(2) Every declaration made under this section shall have the force of law in relation to the office or offices in respect of which it was made and to holders thereof.