Cap. 409 Art. 4Powers and legal personality of the Authority.

(1) The Authority shall be a body corporate having a distinct legal personality and capable, subject only to the provisions of this Act, of suing and being sued, of entering into any contract, of acquiring, holding and disposing of property of any kind both movable and immovable, and by or under any title, and of doing any other thing or entering into any transaction whatsoever.

(2) The representation of the Authority shall vest in the Chairperson:

Provided that the Authority may appoint any one or more of its members, or any one or more of its officers, to appear in its name and on its behalf in any judicial proceedings or in any act, contract, instrument or other document whatsoever: exercise of their powers.

(3) The Authority may delegate any of its executive powers to any one or more of its executives under such conditions as it may deem appropriate:

Provided that the Authority’s powers in connection with standards and control may only be delegated to the Enforcement Directorate.