Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023
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Functions and status | ||
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34. (1) The chief executive shall— | ||
(a) manage the staff and business of the regulator, | ||
(b) advise and make proposals to the regulator about its functions, | ||
(c) at the request of the regulator, provide it with information, including financial information, about the chief executive’s functions, and | ||
(d) perform any other functions conferred by the regulator. | ||
(2) The chief executive may do anything the chief executive considers necessary or appropriate for the purposes of the functions of the chief executive. | ||
(3) The functions of the chief executive may— | ||
(a) be delegated to other members of staff of the regulator, and | ||
(b) be performed in the chief executive’s absence or, where the office is vacant, by a member of staff designated by the regulator for that purpose. | ||
(4) Where a member of staff of the regulator is designated under subsection (3)(b)— | ||
(a) the member of staff may do anything necessary or appropriate for the purposes of the performance of the chief executive’s functions, and | ||
(b) a reference in this Act to the chief executive includes a reference to the member of staff. | ||
(5) The chief executive— | ||
(a) is subject to the control of the members of the regulator, and | ||
(b) shall, in particular, comply with any directions given by the members with respect to the carrying out of the chief executive’s functions (subject to section 29 (4)). |