Section 6
Appointment of Managing Director
of Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam Act
(1)
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan shall appoint one of the members to be the Managing Director.
(2)
Without prejudice to sections 11 and 12 and to any other powers conferred on the Authority by this Act. the Managing Director shall be the chief executive of the Authority and shall be responsible for the implementation of the policies of the Authority, its day-to-day administration and its representation.
(3)
The Managing Director shall be an employee of the Authority on such terms of office and conditions of service as His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan may decide.
(4)
In addition to the powers conferred 011 the Managing Director by subsection (3) and without prejudice to sections 8 and 9, the Authority may delegate to the Managing Director, under the conditions that it may decide, all or any of the powers conferred on the Authority by this Act and by any other written law.
(5)
The Managing Director shall be accountable to the Authority for his acts and decisions.
(6)
The Managing Director may, subject to such conditions that the
Authority may decide, appoint any officer or other employee of the
Authority. or form any committee comprising officers or other employees of
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(7)
For the avoidance of doubt, the Managing Director shall -
(a)
remain responsible for the exercise of his powers or for the performance of his functions or duties by any officer or other employee appointed. or by any committee formed. under subsection (6); and
(b)
continue to exercise his powers or perform his functions or duties conferred or iinposed upon him by virtue of subsections (2) and
(4)
, notwithstanding the delegation of those powers by the Managing
Director under subsection (4) or the termination by him of such delegation.