Cap. 644 Art. 6The Directorate.  Cap. 9.

(1) The Directorate of the Agency shall consist of the Executive Head, Senior Managers and such other officers and employees of the Agency as may be engaged by the Agency from time to time.

(2) The Executive Head shall be in charge of the overall management and executive action of the Agency and shall keep the Board informed on the general running of the Agency and of the result of the operations of the Agency. The Executive Head shall be, in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, responsible for the carrying out by the Agency of the functions assigned to it under Part III to Part X of this Act.

(3) The Executive Head shall be appointed by the Minister, after consultation with the Board, for such period and on such terms as the Minister may, in consultation with the Board, determine.

(4) The Senior Managers and the other officers and employees of the Directorate shall be selected by the Executive Head and engaged by the Agency in accordance with the applicable terms and procedures.

(5) The Agency may also act by means of such contractors as it may from time to time engage:

Provided that such contractors shall at all times act in accordance with such instructions as may be given to them by the Executive Head.

(6) The Executive Head and the Directorate staff shall for all purposes of the Criminal Code be considered as public officers, and shall be afforded all protection and may incur all liability as such.

(7) The Executive Head and the Directorate staff shall, subject to any contrary provision in this Act or in any other law, abide by any code of ethics applicable to public officers:

Provided that the Board may not be precluded in any manner from making further rules regulating the conduct of the Executive Head and of the Directorate staff to supplement any such Code of Ethics.