Appointment of competent authorities.

–The Government may, by notification in the *[Government Gazette],––

1. (a) appoint any person, being Gazetted Officer of the Horticulture Department not below the rank of District Horticulture Officer to be the authority for the purpose of this Act ;
2. (b) define the limits within which a competent authority shall exercise

the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed on it by or

under this Act.