Default in performance of duty.

(1) If the Administrator is satisfied that the Board has made default in performing any duty imposed on it by or under this Act, he may fix a period for the performance of that duty. (2) If in the opinion of the Administrator the Board fails or neglects to perform such duties within the period so fixed for its performance, it shall be lawful for the Administrator, notwithstanding anything contained in section 7, to supersede and reconstitute the Board in the prescribed manner. (3) After the supersession of the Board and until it is reconstituted, the powers, the duties and functions of the Board under this Act shall be carried on by the Administrator or by such officer or officers as the Administrator may appoint in this behalf.